# Schweitzer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schweitzer/  
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) | 10,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,544 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,666 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (9,986 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schweitzer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schweitzer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schweitzer in the United States.

## People named Schweitzer

- Mary Higby Schweitzer, American paleontologist
- Darrell Schweitzer, American writer, editor, and critic (born 1952)

## Similar surnames

Switzer, Setzer, Sweitzer, Stoker, Stocker, Steger, Steiger, Stcyr, Stecker, Stgeorge, Stucker, Steigerwald.

## 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.