Swart is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Swart
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Swart

How popular is Swart?

Swart is common in South Africa.

Swart is ranked 4340 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Swart bearers increased by 6.347703 per cent in 2010 US census to 4490 since 2000, the surname slipped by 138 spots and ranked at 7418. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.65 95.88
Hispanic or Latino 1.89 1.44
Others 1.45 1.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.11 0.54
Black 0.73 0.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.12
Swart is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 125712 people have been found who wears Swart as their family name. Swart is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
15,185 Nigeria9
6,072 China7
5,340 Iceland6
2,480 Malawi5
2,370 Iraq5
2,110 Mozambique4
114,007 Czech Republic4
720,003 Russia4
2,011 South Korea4
19,452 Malaysia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
35,789 Turkey3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
108,034 Italy3
18,035 Egypt2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
1,472 The Bahamas2
5,859 Mauritius2
8,995 Uganda2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,777 Jersey2
1,351 Lesotho2
23,344 Austria2
4,367 Afghanistan2
44,018 Poland2
21,529 Singapore2
20,172 Hungary1
1,704,541 India1
42,479 Greece1
28,746 Algeria1
1,818 Guernsey1
49,529 Israel1
692 Guinea1
16,640 Hong Kong1
14,373 Jordan1
6,820 Angola1
10,683 Cyprus1
586 San Marino1
36,814 Romania1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
700 Somalia1
66,560 Philippines1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,589 Sudan1
1,253 Burundi1
4,249 Cambodia1
492,292 Ukraine1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
4,171 Rwanda1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
8,316 Portugal46
46,962 Spain42
17,488 Norway39
20,233 Denmark25
3,873 Thailand24
3,125 Nicaragua20
355,817 Indonesia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,684 Switzerland90
57,588 Argentina75
12,007 Chile72
6,953 Scotland72
5,257 Wales68
51,036 Tanzania61
3,129 Northern Ireland60
16,052 Sweden58
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Swart:
1,984 Zambia903
12,572 Germany807
4,866 Australia615
792 Taiwan464
10,785 Canada364
7,729 Ghana320
1,375 Botswana282
3,324 New Zealand230
49,962 Brazil207
50,564 France196
3,016 Oman155
13,523 Belgium134
23,602 Mexico131
7,471 United Arab Emirates130
14,429 Zimbabwe124
Countries with thousands of Swart:
220 Netherlands5,595
7,178 United States5,311
67 Namibia2,849
4,190 England1,780
Countries with hundred thousands of Swart:
35 South Africa104,122
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Swart Namesakes

  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • An Swartenbroekx, Actress
  • Anneli Göras Swartling, Peter Swartling's wife
  • Armand Swartenbroeks, Soccer player
  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • Aaron Swartz, Actor
  • Frank Swart, Musician
  • Tony Swartz, Actor
  • Arthur L. Swartz, Politician

Swart Namesakes

  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • An Swartenbroekx, Actress
  • Anneli Göras Swartling, Peter Swartling's wife
  • Armand Swartenbroeks, Soccer player
  • Aaron Swartz, Computer programmer
  • Aaron Swartz, Actor
  • Frank Swart, Musician
  • Tony Swartz, Actor
  • Arthur L. Swartz, Politician

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