# Schwendeman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schwendeman/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 744 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,184 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 414,981 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (692 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of German Schwendemann, a topographic or habitational surname for someone who lived in a forest clearing, or in a place called Schwende.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schwendeman 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) | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Similar surnames

Sandman, Santana, Santamaria, Snowden, Santangelo, Santini, Swinton, Sneddon, Smetana, Santander, Sanden, Sandin.

## 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.