Explore the Family Name Swirsky

The meaning of Swirsky

Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus): habitational name for someone from Svir, a town now in Belarus. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Avram, Limor, Lipman.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Swirsky has seen a slight decrease in recent years. In 2000, Swirsky was ranked 55,609 out of all recorded surnames in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to 61,297, a decline of over 10 percent. Similarly, the total count of people bearing the surname also fell by nearly 5 percent from 345 in 2000 to 328 in 2010. This shift resulted in a decrease in the proportion of Americans with this surname per 100,000, which went down by 15.38 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,609	#61,297	-10.23%
Count	345	328	-4.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Swirsky

The ethnic identity of those with the surname Swirsky has also seen some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of those with the surname identify as White, the percentage decreased slightly from 95.36 percent to 93.90 percent. The number of Swirskys identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped entirely to zero, while those reporting two or more ethnicities rose to 1.52 percent. Notably, there was a substantial increase in the percentage of Swirskys identifying as Hispanic, which jumped by 50.25 percent from 2.03 percent in 2000 to 3.05 percent in 2010. During both these census periods, no Swirskys identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.36%	93.9%	-1.53%
Hispanic	2.03%	3.05%	50.25%
Two or More Races	0%	1.52%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.74%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%