# Schwartz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schwartz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 90,071 |
| US rank (2010) | 345 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,428 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (84,699 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwartz. Doublet of Swart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schwartz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schwartz in the United States, Austria, Germany and the Russian Empire.

## People named Schwartz

- Melvin Schwartz, American experimental physicist (1932-2006)
- Ben Schwartz, American actor (born 1981)
- Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
- Anna Schwartz, American economist (1915–2012)
- Josh Schwartz, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1976)
- Delmore Schwartz, American poet (1913–1966)
- Albert Schwartz, American swimmer (1907–1986)
- Allyson Schwartz, American politician
- Barry Schwartz, American psychologist
- Arthur Schwartz, American film producer and composer (1900–1984)
- Julius Schwartz, American editor (1915-2004)
- Stephen Schwartz, American pathologist and medical doctor

and 28 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Swartz, Swarts, Schwartzman, Shurtz, Schwartzkopf, Sowards, Swartzentruber, Swords, Shorts, Serratos, Surtees.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.