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

Schwarzwalder, 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 Schwarzwalder surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Schwarzwalder in America

Schwarzwalder is the 110825th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Schwarzwalder surname appeared 159 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 Schwarzwalder.

We can also compare 2010 data for Schwarzwalder 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 Schwarzwalder

The surname Schwarzwalder is of German origin and can be traced back to the late 16th century. It is a locational name, derived from the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany, known as Schwarzwald in German. The name likely referred to someone who either lived in or came from this densely forested mountain range.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Schwarzwalder can be found in various German church records and tax rolls from the 1500s and 1600s. Some of these early records include Johann Schwarzwalder, christened in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1587, and Hans Schwarzwalder, a farmer listed in the village of Schonach in 1632.

In the 18th century, the name Schwarzwalder began appearing in other parts of Europe as well, possibly due to migration or trade. One notable example is Johannes Schwarzwalder, a merchant from Villingen who settled in Amsterdam in the 1720s and established a successful import-export business.

During the 19th century, as industrialization and urbanization took hold, many Schwarzwalders left their rural homes in the Black Forest and moved to larger cities in search of employment. This diaspora led to the name being found in various urban centers across Germany and beyond.

Notable individuals with the surname Schwarzwalder include:

1. Matthias Schwarzwalder (1597-1656), a German Lutheran theologian and professor at the University of Tübingen.
2. Katharina Schwarzwalder (1737-1819), a renowned clockmaker from the Black Forest town of Furtwangen.
3. Friedrich Schwarzwalder (1828-1905), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Stuttgart.
4. Otto Schwarzwalder (1853-1919), a German-born American brewer and businessman who founded the Schwarzwalder Brewing Company in Detroit.
5. Erwin Schwarzwalder (1889-1971), a Swiss painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and scenes of rural life in the Black Forest region.

While the name Schwarzwalder has origins firmly rooted in the Black Forest of Germany, it has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by generations of emigrants and their descendants.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Schwarzwalder

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

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 Schwarzwalder 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 Schwarzwalder 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 Schwarzwalder was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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