How common is the surname Swartz?

25,444 people in the United States had the surname Swartz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,134 Americans. It ranked 1,393rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Swartz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swartz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Swartz?

Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013), followed by Dan Swartz.

Where is the surname Swartz most common?

Wikidata records people named Swartz in the United States.

How do you pronounce Swartz?

Swartz is /swɔɹts/, one syllable.

Is the surname Swartz getting more or less common?

More common. 25,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,444 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Swartz

A surname, carried by 25,444 people in the United States.

Pronounced /swɔɹts/ 1 syllable Soundex S632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swartz is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,444 people named Swartz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,134 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 25,307.

#1,393

rank among US surnames

25,444

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,276)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,384	Paz	25,574	12,073
#1,385	Yanez	25,563	12,078
#1,386	Gregg	25,554	12,082
#1,387	Abrams	25,534	12,092
#1,388	Smart	25,528	12,094
#1,389	Beatty	25,510	12,103
#1,390	Serna	25,503	12,106

Who is named Swartz

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

95% of people named Swartz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swartzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
Dan Swartz
American basketball player (1934–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swartz

Swartz has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

Questions

How common is the surname Swartz?: 25,444 people in the United States had the surname Swartz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,134 Americans. It ranked 1,393rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swartz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swartz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Swartz?: Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013), followed by Dan Swartz.
Where is the surname Swartz most common?: Wikidata records people named Swartz in the United States.
How do you pronounce Swartz?: Swartz is /swɔɹts/, one syllable.
Is the surname Swartz getting more or less common?: More common. 25,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,444 in 2010, up 0.5%.