How common is the surname Schweiger?

2,588 people in the United States had the surname Schweiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schweiger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schweiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schweiger?

Heinrich Schweiger, Austrian actor (1931–2009).

Where is the surname Schweiger most common?

Wikidata records people named Schweiger in Austria.

Is the surname Schweiger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Schweiger

A surname, carried by 2,588 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schweiger is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,588 people named Schweiger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,458.

#12,048

rank among US surnames

2,588

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299
#12,055	Evens	2,587	119,345

Who is named Schweiger

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

94% of people named Schweiger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schweigers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Heinrich Schweiger
Austrian actor (1931–2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Schweiger

Schweiger 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 Schweiger?: 2,588 people in the United States had the surname Schweiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schweiger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schweiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schweiger?: Heinrich Schweiger, Austrian actor (1931–2009).
Where is the surname Schweiger most common?: Wikidata records people named Schweiger in Austria.
Is the surname Schweiger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, up 5.3%.