The Switala surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 474 people carried this name — #45,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 444 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Switala surname
From the verb świtać.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Switala» (English) and «Świtała» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
4,495 people named Switala have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,171 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Switala.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Switala.
- Sutton 90,964 · U.S. census
- Suzan 102 · U.S. census
- Svoboda 5,686 · U.S. census
- Swiatek 1,381 · U.S. census
- Swider 1,452 · U.S. census
- Swiderski 1,864 · U.S. census
- Sy 4,457 · U.S. census
- Sydor 322 · U.S. census
- Sylla 1,530 · U.S. census
- Sylva 1,834 · U.S. census
- Sylvain 2,143 · U.S. census
- Sylvestre 1,658 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Switala is.
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