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    The surname Swoboda

    A surname, carried by 2,217 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S130

    Swoboda: #13,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Swoboda #13,657, 2,217 people Swoboda: #13,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Swoboda #13,657, 2,217 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Swoboda is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    From a Slavic language, e.g. Czech svoboda, Slovene svoboda, Polish swoboda, etc.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,217 people named Swoboda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,263 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,179.

    #13,657
    rank among US surnames
    2,217
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,929)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,654Victorino2,218139,200
    #13,657Gengler2,217139,263
    #13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

    Who is named Swoboda

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

    96% of people named Swoboda identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Swobodas

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hannes Swoboda
      Austrian politician, born 1946
    • Josefine Swoboda
      Austrian portrait painter, 1861–1924
    • Franz Swoboda
      Austrian footballer (1933-2017)
    • Rudolf Swoboda
      Austrian artist (1859-1914)

    Notable Swobodas come mostly from Austria (2), Austria–Hungary (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Swoboda

    Swoboda has the Soundex code S130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S130.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Swoboda come from?
    From a Slavic language, e.g. Czech svoboda, Slovene svoboda, Polish swoboda, etc.
    How common is the surname Swoboda?
    2,217 people in the United States had the surname Swoboda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,263 Americans. It ranked 13,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Swoboda?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Swoboda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Swoboda?
    Hannes Swoboda, Austrian politician, followed by Josefine Swoboda.
    Where is the surname Swoboda most common?
    Wikidata records people named Swoboda in Austria, Austria–Hungary and the Austrian Empire.
    Is the surname Swoboda getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,217 in 2010, up 1.7%.