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    The surname Schwager

    A surname, carried by 1,780 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S260

    Schwager: #16,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schwager #16,219, 1,780 people Schwager: #16,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schwager #16,219, 1,780 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwager is more common than 90% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,780 people named Schwager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

    #16,219
    rank among US surnames
    1,780
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,214Loria1,781173,355
    #16,219Stennett1,780173,453
    #16,228Thiede1,779173,550

    Who is named Schwager

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

    95% of people named Schwager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    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 Schwager

    Schwager has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schwager?
    1,780 people in the United States had the surname Schwager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schwager?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schwager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schwager getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, up 9.0%.