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Swales


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Origin Of The Surname Swales

Meaning Of The Surname Swales

From the Town by the River Swalm

Interesting Facts About Swales

Swales is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the name of the River Swale, and the river gets its name from the German word ‘swalm’ meaning whirlpool.

Swales Statistics

Swales is the number 1380 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,725 share the surname Swales in the UK.

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