The Schwing surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,566 people carried this name — #17,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 20% from 1,303 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Schwing.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
23 people named Schwing live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Schwing,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karel Schwing 1845–1907 · gynecologist -
Carl Schwing 1878–1953 · postcard publisher
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Viktor Schwing 1880– · translator
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Wilhelm Jakob Adriaan Schwing 1889–1957 · military officer
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Katrin Schwing 1992– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schwing.
- Schwenk 2,441 · U.S. census
- Schwertz 109 · U.S. census
- Schweyer 247 · U.S. census
- Schwimmer 968 · U.S. census
- Schwindenhammer 124 · U.S. census
- Schwindt 1,698 · U.S. census
- Schwinn 1,091 · U.S. census
- Schwob 221 · U.S. census
- Schwoebel 206 · U.S. census
- Schwoerer 538 · U.S. census
- Sciacca 1,498 · U.S. census
- Sciandra 733 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schwing is.
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