Swarts Surname
Approximately 23,557 people bear this surname
Swarts Surname Definition:
(German) One with a dark or swarthy complexion, black.
Swarts Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 20,035 | 1:2,704 | 340 |
| United States | 2,541 | 1:142,644 | 14,794 |
| Netherlands | 597 | 1:28,287 | 4,633 |
| Canada | 132 | 1:279,133 | 26,131 |
| Australia | 112 | 1:241,033 | 22,440 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,691 | 1:29,698 | 3,609 |
Swarts (17) may also be a first name.
Swarts Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One with a dark or swarthy complexion, black.
Swarts Demographics
Average Male Swarts Height
173.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Swarts Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swarts Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swarts is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Swarts? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,014th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 309,358 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Swarts are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 17 people.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 20,035 people, or 1 in 2,704. In South Africa Swarts is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 43 percent reside, Gauteng, where 14 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.
Swarts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Swarts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swarts surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swarts Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Swarts surname are 21.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.6% being registered with the party.
The amount Swarts earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.17% less than the national average, earning R 177,828 per year; in United States they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $43,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning $46,058 CAD per year.
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Swarts 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swarts
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