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    The surname Swihart

    A surname, carried by 2,408 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S630

    Swihart: #12,807 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swihart #12,807, 2,408 people Swihart: #12,807 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swihart #12,807, 2,408 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swihart is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,408 people named Swihart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,217 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,405.

    #12,807
    rank among US surnames
    2,408
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,802Tanguay2,409128,163
    #12,807Loose2,408128,217
    #12,812Benard2,407128,270

    Who is named Swihart

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

    96% of people named Swihart identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swihart

    Swihart has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Swihart?
    2,408 people in the United States had the surname Swihart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,217 Americans. It ranked 12,807th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swihart?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swihart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Swihart getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,408 in 2010, up 0.1%.