The Schweyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 247 people carried this name — #77,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 203 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Schweyer.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Schweyer live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Schweyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Xaver Schweyer 1868–1935 · politician -
Martin Schweyer 1726–1789 · cantor
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Jeremias Paul Schweyer 1754–1813 · engraver
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Woldemar Wilhelm Schweyer 1835–1874 · architect
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Anne-Valérie Schweyer 1959– · historian
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Peter Schweyer 1978– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schweyer.
- Schweitzer 10,068 · U.S. census
- Schweizer 3,133 · U.S. census
- Schwenck 137 · U.S. census
- Schwender 236 · U.S. census
- Schwenk 2,441 · U.S. census
- Schwertz 109 · U.S. census
- Schwimmer 968 · U.S. census
- Schwindenhammer 124 · U.S. census
- Schwindt 1,698 · U.S. census
- Schwing 1,566 · U.S. census
- Schwinn 1,091 · U.S. census
- Schwob 221 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schweyer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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