The Szwarc surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 301 people carried this name — #65,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 282 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Szwarc surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Schwarz.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Szwarc» (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
5,517 people named Szwarc have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,211 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 Greater Poland.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 195 people named Szwarc live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Szwarc.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Szwarc,
with a public archive behind them.
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Izabela Stachowicz 1893–1969 · writer -
Marek Szwarc 1892–1958 · painter
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Stefan Szwarc 1893–1964 · actor
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Jan Szwarc 1895–1942
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Bronisław Szwarc 1905–1942 · athletics competitor
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Andrzej Szwarc 1906–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Szwarc.
- Szczygiel 505 · U.S. census
- Szelag 243 · U.S. census
- Szewczyk 1,977 · U.S. census
- Szostak 795 · U.S. census
- Szpak 433 · U.S. census
- Szulc 320 · U.S. census
- Szwed 494 · U.S. census
- Szydlowski 967 · U.S. census
- Szymanek 172 · U.S. census
- Szymaniak 120 · U.S. census
- Szymanski 8,748 · U.S. census
- Szymczak 1,593 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Szwarc is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
