How common is the surname Schwartz?

90,071 people in the United States had the surname Schwartz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,428 Americans. It ranked 345th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schwartz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwartz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schwartz?

Melvin Schwartz, American experimental physicist (1932-2006), followed by Ben Schwartz.

Where is the surname Schwartz most common?

Wikidata records people named Schwartz in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.

Is the surname Schwartz getting more or less common?

More common. 84,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,071 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Schwartz

A German surname, carried by 90,071 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwartz is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schwartz. Doublet of Swart.

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 90,071 people named Schwartz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,428 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 84,699.

#345

rank among US surnames

90,071

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #330)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#336	Powers	91,970	3,357
#337	Neal	91,694	3,367
#338	Leonard	91,475	3,375
#339	Gregory	91,384	3,379
#340	Carrillo	91,129	3,388
#341	Sutton	90,964	3,394
#342	Fleming	90,677	3,405

Who is named Schwartz

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

96% of people named Schwartz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schwartzs

40 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melvin Schwartz
American experimental physicist (1932-2006)
Ben Schwartz
American actor (born 1981)
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer, born 1948
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, born 1948
Barry Schwartz
American psychologist, born 1946
Arthur Schwartz
American film producer and composer (1900–1984)
Julius Schwartz
American editor (1915-2004)
Stephen Schwartz
American pathologist and medical doctor, 1942–2020

Notable Schwartzs come mostly from the United States (36), Austria (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schwartz

Schwartz has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schwartz come from?: Borrowed from German Schwartz. Doublet of Swart.
How common is the surname Schwartz?: 90,071 people in the United States had the surname Schwartz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,428 Americans. It ranked 345th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schwartz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwartz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schwartz?: Melvin Schwartz, American experimental physicist (1932-2006), followed by Ben Schwartz.
Where is the surname Schwartz most common?: Wikidata records people named Schwartz in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.
Is the surname Schwartz getting more or less common?: More common. 84,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,071 in 2010, up 6.3%.