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    The surname Swager

    A surname, carried by 842 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S260

    Swager: #28,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Swager #28,362, 842 people Swager: #28,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Swager #28,362, 842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swager is more common than 82.5% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 842 people named Swager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 366,681 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 908.

    #28,362
    rank among US surnames
    842
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #25,547)

    Who is named Swager

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

    92% of people named Swager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swager

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Swager come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Swager?
    842 people in the United States had the surname Swager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 366,681 Americans. It ranked 28,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swager?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Swager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Swager getting more or less common?
    Less common. 908 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 842 in 2010, down 7.3%.