Find out how popular the last name Schwabauer is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Schwabauer.

Schwabauer, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Schwabauer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Schwabauer in America

Schwabauer is the 68949th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Schwabauer surname appeared 285 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Schwabauer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Schwabauer to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Schwabauer

The surname Schwabauer originates from the German region of Swabia, an area located in southwestern Germany. The name likely emerged during the Middle Ages, between the 5th and 15th centuries. It is derived from the German words "Schwaben" meaning Swabia and "Bauer" meaning peasant or farmer, indicating that the name's bearers were from the region of Swabia and worked as peasants or farmers.

Schwabauer is a locational surname, which means it was initially given to someone who lived in or came from a specific place. In this case, the place was likely a town or village in the Swabian region. These types of surnames were commonly adopted in medieval times to distinguish people who had migrated from their place of origin.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Schwabauer can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Salemitanus, a collection of medieval documents from the Monastery of Salem in Swabia, dating back to the 13th century. This suggests that the name was already in use by that time.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the name Schwabauer was Hans Schwabauer, a German gunsmith and inventor who lived in Nuremberg from 1490 to 1560. He is credited with inventing a type of matchlock firearm known as the Nuremberg gun or Nuremberg rifle.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Johann Schwabauer, a German composer and organist who lived from 1597 to 1658. He was known for his sacred choral works and served as the court organist to the Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart.

In the 18th century, a notable Schwabauer was Georg Schwabauer, a German printer and type designer born in 1788. He founded the Schwabauer Type Foundry in Nuremberg, which produced some of the most influential typefaces of the time, including the Schwabacher typeface, which was widely used in German printing.

In the 19th century, there was a German mathematician and philosopher named Karl Schwabauer, who lived from 1825 to 1891. He made significant contributions to the field of mathematics and wrote several influential works on philosophy and logic.

Another notable figure with the surname Schwabauer was Wilhelm Schwabauer, a German artist and painter who lived from 1835 to 1918. He was known for his landscape paintings and was a member of the Munich School of Painting.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Schwabauer

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Schwabauer.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Schwabauer was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Schwabauer has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Schwabauer was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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