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.
Swart Demographics
Average Swart Salary in
United States
$44,372 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Swart click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swart? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,270th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 119,163 people. Swart occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Swart are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently used forename in the world, held by 103 people.
This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 46,104 people, or 1 in 1,175. In South Africa Swart is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 30 percent are found, Western Cape, where 26 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found.
Swart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Swart has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held 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 predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Swart surname are 12.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.36% registered to vote for the political 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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