How common is the surname Schwerin?

1,078 people in the United States had the surname Schwerin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schwerin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwerin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schwerin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Schwerin

A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schwerin is more common than 85.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,078 people named Schwerin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,109.

#23,555

rank among US surnames

1,078

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,848)

Who is named Schwerin

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

96% of people named Schwerin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schwerin

Schwerin has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Questions

How common is the surname Schwerin?: 1,078 people in the United States had the surname Schwerin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schwerin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schwerin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schwerin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, down 2.8%.