Explore the Family Name Swarts

The meaning of Swarts

1. Dutch: patronymic from Swart. 2. Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schwartz ‘dark, black’.

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How common is the last name Swarts in the United States?

The surname Swarts, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In these years, the rank of the surname fell by about 6.85 percent, moving from 15,280 to 16,327. The count, or total number of people with this surname, remained almost constant, decreasing only slightly from 1,766 in 2000 to 1,765 in 2010. This represents a minimal change of -0.06 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Swarts per 100,000 decreased by 7.69 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,280	#16,327	-6.85%
Count	1,766	1,765	-0.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.6	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Swarts

Regarding ethnic identity associated with the Swarts surname according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were some changes between the years 2000 and 2010. The White ethnic group, which represented 95.92 percent of all individuals named Swarts in 2000, experienced a slight decrease to 93.77 percent by 2010. The Hispanic representation saw the most significant growth, increasing by 161.54 percent from 1.30 percent in 2000 to 3.40 percent in 2010. The Two or More Races category also increased, though more modestly, by around 15.65 percent. Surprisingly, the surname appeared with Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnic identities for the first time in 2010, while the American Indian and Alaskan Native category saw a decline of 54.84 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.92%	93.77%	-2.24%
Hispanic	1.3%	3.4%	161.54%
Two or More Races	1.47%	1.7%	15.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.57%	0%
Black	0%	0.28%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.62%	0.28%	-54.84%