Swart Surname
Approximately 61,156 people bear this surname
Swart Surname Definition:
(English and Scandinavian) Swarthy, Dark [Middle English swart(e, Old English sw(e)art = Old Norse suart-r (= Ger. schwarz] hræfen wandrode, sweart and sealo- brún (the) raven wandered, swart and dark- brown.— The Finnesburh Fight, 69-70.
Read More About This SurnameSwart Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 46,104 | 1:1,175 | 124 |
| United States | 5,667 | 1:63,960 | 7,489 |
| Netherlands | 5,165 | 1:3,270 | 280 |
| Australia | 698 | 1:38,676 | 5,023 |
| England | 603 | 1:92,401 | 9,913 |
| Germany | 475 | 1:169,485 | 19,973 |
| Canada | 397 | 1:92,810 | 10,160 |
| Namibia | 349 | 1:6,904 | 1,351 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| New Zealand | 204 | 1:22,198 | 3,889 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 143 | 1:107,960 | 14,912 |
| Botswana | 127 | 1:17,220 | 3,386 |
| Thailand | 116 | 1:608,951 | 103,575 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Nicaragua | 23 | 1:261,787 | 2,814 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:677,094 | 32,515 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,172 | 1:42,849 | 4,990 |
Swart (103) may also be a first name.
Swart Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English and Scandinavian) Swarthy, Dark [Middle English swart(e, Old English sw(e)art = Old Norse suart-r (= Ger. schwarz] hræfen wandrode, sweart and sealo- brún (the) raven wandered, swart and dark- brown.— The Finnesburh Fight, 69-70.
Untill a nation straunge, with visage swart.—Spenser, Faerie Queene, II. x. 15.
“Black” in Dutch. Not to be confused with Zwaard (q.v.).
(German) One with a dark or swarthy complexion, black.
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Swart Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swart Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swart is found most in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swart? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,270th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,163 people. The last name Swart is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Swart reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 103 people.
The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 46,104 people, or 1 in 1,175. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 30 percent are found, Western Cape, where 26 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 94 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found.
Swart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Swart has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swart last name expanded 484 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,675 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,400 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Swart Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Swart are 12.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.36% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Swart earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.58% less than the national average, earning 240,234 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 82.53% more than the national average, earning R 433,752 per year; in United States they earn 2.83% more than the national average, earning $44,372 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.85% less than the national average, earning $47,771 CAD per year.
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Swart Reference & Research
Schwartz DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Schwartz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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