How common is the surname Schweitzer?

10,068 people in the United States had the surname Schweitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,666 Americans. It ranked 3,544th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schweitzer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schweitzer?

Mary Higby Schweitzer, American paleontologist, followed by Darrell Schweitzer.

Where is the surname Schweitzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Schweitzer in the United States.

Is the surname Schweitzer getting more or less common?

More common. 9,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,068 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Schweitzer

A German surname, carried by 10,068 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schweitzer is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schweitzer.

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 10,068 people named Schweitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,666 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,986.

#3,544

rank among US surnames

10,068

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,293)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,535	Mattox	10,099	30,572
#3,538	Box	10,098	30,575
#3,539	Montez	10,097	30,578
#3,540	Martens	10,096	30,581
#3,541	Son	10,094	30,587
#3,542	Joshi	10,089	30,602
#3,543	Moffitt	10,070	30,660

Who is named Schweitzer

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

95% of people named Schweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schweitzers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Higby Schweitzer
American paleontologist, born 1955
Darrell Schweitzer
American writer, editor, and critic (born 1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schweitzer

Schweitzer has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schweitzer come from?: Borrowed from German Schweitzer.
How common is the surname Schweitzer?: 10,068 people in the United States had the surname Schweitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,666 Americans. It ranked 3,544th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schweitzer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schweitzer?: Mary Higby Schweitzer, American paleontologist, followed by Darrell Schweitzer.
Where is the surname Schweitzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Schweitzer in the United States.
Is the surname Schweitzer getting more or less common?: More common. 9,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,068 in 2010, up 0.8%.