The Swiger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,758 people carried this name — #8,727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,697 in 2000.

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In print

Swiger in American newspapers,
1919–1923.

Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Swiger
The Seattle Star 1919-11-05
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Swiger
The Producers News 1923-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,066 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Swiger,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States208 records

208 records of the Swiger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cecil R. Swiger

    Born 1923 in Michigan. Enlisted 1942 at Detroit; farm hand from Wexford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Grandville Cemetery, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bernard Leroy Swiger

    Born 1940; from Madison, Ohio. U.S. Army, aircraft maintenance senior sergeant; killed in action 1970 in Binh Thuy, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jonah Swiger

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of Brooklyn from Liverpool, aged 33; miner. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 208 records for Swiger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Swiger name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Matijs Swiger

    Baptised in 1642 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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