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    The surname Schwabe

    A surname, carried by 1,414 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S100

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwabe is more common than 88.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,414 people named Schwabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,334.

    #19,200
    rank among US surnames
    1,414
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,927)

    Who is named Schwabe

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

    96% of people named Schwabe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schwabe

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schwabe?
    1,414 people in the United States had the surname Schwabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. It ranked 19,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schwabe?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schwabe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,414 in 2010, up 6.0%.