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    The surname Schwab

    A German surname, carried by 16,870 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ʃwɑb/ 1 syllable Soundex S100

    Schwab: #2,152 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Schwab #2,152, 16,870 people Schwab: #2,152 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schwab #2,152, 16,870 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwab is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schwab.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,870 people named Schwab in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,301 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,332.

    #2,152
    rank among US surnames
    16,870
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,035)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,143Bello16,91518,253
    #2,144Frias16,91118,257
    #2,145Knutson16,91018,258
    #2,146Hussain16,90918,259
    #2,147Hsu16,90718,261
    #2,148Comer16,89318,277
    #2,149Hawk16,88418,286

    Who is named Schwab

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Schwab identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schwabs

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Susan Schwab
      15th United States Trade Representative, born 1955
    • V. E. Schwab
      American writer, born 1987
    • Fritz Schwab
      Athletics competitor (1919–2006)
    • Stefan Schwab
      Austrian association football player, born 1990
    • Charles M. Schwab
      American steel magnate (1862–1939)
    • Charles R. Schwab
      American entrepreneur, born 1937
    • Werner Schwab
      Austrian playwright (1958–1994)
    • Erwin Schwab
      Amateur astronomer; asteroid discoverer, born 1964
    • Tiffany Million
      American pornographic actress and professional wrestler, born 1966

    Notable Schwabs come mostly from the United States (5), Austria (2) and Switzerland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schwab

    Schwab has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schwab come from?
    Borrowed from German Schwab.
    How common is the surname Schwab?
    16,870 people in the United States had the surname Schwab in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,301 Americans. It ranked 2,152nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schwab?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwab identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schwab?
    Susan Schwab, 15th United States Trade Representative, followed by V. E. Schwab.
    Where is the surname Schwab most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schwab in the United States, Austria and Switzerland and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Schwab?
    Schwab is /ʃwɑb/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Schwab getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,870 in 2010, up 3.3%.