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    The surname Schwanke

    A surname, carried by 1,647 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Schwanke: #17,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schwanke #17,193, 1,647 people Schwanke: #17,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schwanke #17,193, 1,647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwanke is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,647 people named Schwanke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,642.

    #17,193
    rank among US surnames
    1,647
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,184)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,193Vancleve1,647187,459
    #17,202Entrekin1,646187,573

    Who is named Schwanke

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

    95% of people named Schwanke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    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 Schwanke

    Schwanke has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schwanke?
    1,647 people in the United States had the surname Schwanke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. It ranked 17,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schwanke?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schwanke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Schwanke getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,647 in 2010, up 0.3%.