# Swager (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/swager/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 842 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,362 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 366,681 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.3% (908 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch surname, from zwager (“son-in-law”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Schwager, with the same meaning as the Dutch word. Compare Swoger, Swagger.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Swager 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Swiger, Sager, Seger, Seager, Schwager, Saeger, Sagar, Schwaiger, Segura, Swisher, Sasser, Saucier.

## 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.