The surname Swart
A surname, carried by 4,490 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S630
Origin
English and Dutch surname, from swart (“dark-haired, dark-skinned, swarthy”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,490 people named Swart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,763 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,222.
Who is named Swart
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Swart identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Swart has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.
Questions
- Where does the surname Swart come from?
- English and Dutch surname, from swart (“dark-haired, dark-skinned, swarthy”).
- How common is the surname Swart?
- 4,490 people in the United States had the surname Swart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,763 Americans. It ranked 7,418th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Swart?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Swart getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,490 in 2010, up 6.3%.