The Schwinn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,091 people carried this name — #23,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 939 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Schwinn.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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
30 people named Schwinn live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Schwinn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignaz Schwinn 1860–1948 · businessperson -
Frank Wagner Schwinn 1894–1963
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Gertrude Walsh Schwinn 1896–1973
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Andreas Schwinn 1920–2008 · oboist
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Karl H. Schwinn 1934– · civil engineer
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Monika Schwinn 1942–2019 · nurse
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schwinn.
- 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
- Schwing 1,566 · 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
- Sciarrino 650 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schwinn is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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