The Schwarz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,713 people carried this name — #2,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,801 people named Schwarz live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 908 people named Schwarz.
263 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
620 people named Schwarz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 979 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 62 people named Schwarz live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schwarz in American newspapers,
1883–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 141,343 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schwarz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Berthold Schwarz 1318–1384 · chemist -
Matthäus Schwarz 1497–1574 · bookkeeper -
Friedrich Immanuel Schwarz 1728–1786 · writer -
Ildephons Schwarz 1752–1794 · writer -
Johann Michael Schwarz 1774–1858 · parson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 133 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schwarz.
- Schwalbach 691 · U.S. census
- Schwaller 561 · U.S. census
- Schwalm 1,608 · U.S. census
- Schwander 356 · U.S. census
- Schwanger 182 · U.S. census
- Schwartz 84,699 · U.S. census
- Schwebel 452 · U.S. census
- Schwegler 527 · U.S. census
- Schweiger 2,458 · U.S. census
- Schweigert 1,858 · U.S. census
- Schwein 297 · U.S. census
- Schweitz 234 · U.S. census
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