Switzer

10,948 people in the United States were counted with the surname Switzer in the 2020 census, making it the 3,216th most common in the country. That is about one person in 27,300.

By the numbers

People: 10,948
Rank: 3,216th
How common: 1 in 27,300
Per 100,000: 3.7

Where the name comes from

From early New High (modern High) "a Swiss person", especially "a Swiss soldier or mercenary", a designation adopted in the 16th century, ultimately from the toponym Swīz "Schwyz". More at Swiss.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Switzer described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 88.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.5%
Black, not Hispanic 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Switzer

Kathrine Switzer (born 1947)American marathon runner, author, and television commentator
Carl Switzer (1927–1959)American actor

People named Switzer with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Switzer

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.