How common is the surname Sweitzer?

4,183 people in the United States had the surname Sweitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,810 Americans. It ranked 7,909th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sweitzer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sweitzer?

Harold "Slim" Switzer, American actor (1925-1967).

Where is the surname Sweitzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Sweitzer in the United States.

Is the surname Sweitzer getting more or less common?

More common. 4,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,183 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Sweitzer

A surname, carried by 4,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweitzer is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,183 people named Sweitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,810 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,115.

#7,909

rank among US surnames

4,183

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,460)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,900	Waldon	4,190	73,686
#7,903	Sikorski	4,189	73,704
#7,904	Sutphin	4,188	73,721
#7,905	Huntsman	4,187	73,739
#7,906	McAuley	4,186	73,757
#7,907	Pegram	4,185	73,774
#7,908	Niemann	4,184	73,792

Who is named Sweitzer

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

96% of people named Sweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sweitzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harold "Slim" Switzer
American actor (1925-1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sweitzer

Sweitzer has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

Questions

How common is the surname Sweitzer?: 4,183 people in the United States had the surname Sweitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,810 Americans. It ranked 7,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sweitzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sweitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sweitzer?: Harold "Slim" Switzer, American actor (1925-1967).
Where is the surname Sweitzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Sweitzer in the United States.
Is the surname Sweitzer getting more or less common?: More common. 4,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,183 in 2010, up 1.7%.