Explore the Family Name Swyers

The meaning of Swyers

English (Dorset and Hampshire): 1. variant of Swyer, with post-medieval excrescent -s, a habitational name from Swyre (Dorset), from Old English swēora or swȳra ‘neck of land’. 2. variant of Swires.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Swyers has seen a slight decrease over the years. In 2000, it was ranked as the 28326th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 29117th position, marking a change of -2.79%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased from 794 in 2000 to 814 in 2010, a growth of 2.52%. The proportion of people with the Swyers surname per 100,000 also decreased from 0.29 in 2000 to 0.28 in 2010, a change of -3.45%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,326	#29,117	-2.79%
Count	794	814	2.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.28	-3.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Swyers

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Swyers, data from the Decennial U.S. Census suggests that it is overwhelmingly associated with individuals identifying as White. This group saw a slight decrease from 97.98% in 2000 to 96.93% in 2010, a change of -1.07%. There were no recorded individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there were some changes in other ethnic identities. While in 2000, 0.76% of individuals with this surname identified with two or more races, this number dropped to 0 in 2010. Within the same period, those identifying as Hispanic and Black emerged, registering 1.72% and 0.61% respectively in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.98%	96.93%	-1.07%
Hispanic	0%	1.72%	0%
Black	0%	0.61%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.76%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%