How common is the surname Schweizer?

3,133 people in the United States had the surname Schweizer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. It ranked 10,287th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schweizer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schweizer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schweizer?

Karissa Schweizer, American athletics competitor, followed by Peter Schweizer.

Where is the surname Schweizer most common?

Wikidata records people named Schweizer in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Schweizer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,133 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Schweizer

A German surname, carried by 3,133 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). Schweizer is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schweizer. Doublet of Switzer.

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 3,133 people named Schweizer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,038.

#10,287

rank among US surnames

3,133

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609

Who is named Schweizer

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

95% of people named Schweizer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schweizers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karissa Schweizer
American athletics competitor, born 1996
Peter Schweizer
American writer, born 1964
María Kodama
Argentine writer (1937–2023)

Notable Schweizers come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schweizer

Schweizer has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schweizer come from?: Borrowed from German Schweizer. Doublet of Switzer.
How common is the surname Schweizer?: 3,133 people in the United States had the surname Schweizer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,546 Americans. It ranked 10,287th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schweizer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schweizer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schweizer?: Karissa Schweizer, American athletics competitor, followed by Peter Schweizer.
Where is the surname Schweizer most common?: Wikidata records people named Schweizer in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Schweizer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,133 in 2010, up 3.1%.