How common is the surname Zwart?

1,183 people in the United States had the surname Zwart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zwart?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zwart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Zwart getting more or less common?

More common. 1,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Zwart

A surname, carried by 1,183 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zwart is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch surname, from zwart (“dark, swarthy”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,183 people named Zwart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,055.

#21,940

rank among US surnames

1,183

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,723)

Who is named Zwart

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

97% of people named Zwart identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.8%

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 Zwart

Zarate

Zwart has the Soundex code Z630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z630.

Questions

Where does the surname Zwart come from?: From the Dutch surname, from zwart (“dark, swarthy”).
How common is the surname Zwart?: 1,183 people in the United States had the surname Zwart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zwart?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zwart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Zwart getting more or less common?: More common. 1,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 12%.