Swartwout Surname

488,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Swartwout Surname Definition:

SWARTWOUT: (Dutch.) The same as the English Blackwood, from Zwart, black, and woud, a wood.

Swartwout Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6661:544,23345,071
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Panama41:978,06412,245
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2151:233,57519,635

Swartwout Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

SWARTWOUT: (Dutch.) The same as the English Blackwood, from Zwart, black, and woud, a wood.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(New York), Black wood. (variant: Zwart and van't Wout.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Swartwout Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swartwout Come From? nationality or country of origin

Swartwout is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Swartwout click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swartwout? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 488,458th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Swartwout reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Swartwout is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 666 people, or 1 in 544,233. In The United States Swartwout is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 17 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside and Oregon, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Panama, where 1 percent reside.

Swartwout Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swartwout has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 310 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swartwout Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swartwout last name are 11.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.86% registered to vote for the political party.

Swartwout earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $47,794 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swartwoudt9537/
Swartwot940/
Swartwaut891/
Swartwoot891/
Swartwott890/
Swortwout890/
Swartwod820/
Swartwood781,881/
Swarthwood7421/
Swarttwood741/
Swortwood67114/
Suartwood670/
Sworthwood639/

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