How common is the surname Swigert?

1,238 people in the United States had the surname Swigert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Swigert getting more or less common?

More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Swigert

A German surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swigert is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Schweigert or Zweigert.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,238 people named Swigert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#21,204

rank among US surnames

1,238

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Who is named Swigert

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

95% of people named Swigert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

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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Variant spellings

Swygert

Surnames that sound like Swigert

Swigert has the Soundex code S263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S263.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swigert come from?: Americanized form of German Schweigert or Zweigert.
How common is the surname Swigert?: 1,238 people in the United States had the surname Swigert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swigert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Swigert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Swigert getting more or less common?: More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Swigert?: Swygert.