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

Svetz, 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 Svetz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Svetz in America

Svetz is the 108734th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Svetz surname appeared 163 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 Svetz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Svetz 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 Svetz

The surname SVETZ originated in the Slavic regions of Central and Eastern Europe during the medieval period. It is believed to have roots in the Old Slavic language and may be related to words meaning "light" or "bright". The earliest recorded instances of this surname trace back to the 13th century in what is now modern-day Poland and Ukraine.

One of the earliest known bearers of the SVETZ name was Jan Svetz, a landowner and minor nobleman who lived in the village of Svezhyn, near Lviv, in the late 14th century. Records from this time show variations in spelling, such as Swetz and Szwecz, reflecting regional dialects and language shifts.

In the 16th century, the name appears in church registers and census records across various Polish and Ukrainian territories, including the regions of Galicia and Volhynia. Notable individuals from this period include Andrzej Svetz, a merchant and trader who settled in the city of Krakow in the 1520s.

The SVETZ surname also has a presence in historical records from the Russian Empire, where it may have been introduced through migration or cultural exchange. One example is Mikhail Svetz, a soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was awarded the Order of St. George for his bravery in the Battle of Borodino in 1812.

As the centuries progressed, the SVETZ name continued to spread across Eastern Europe, with some bearers migrating to other parts of the world. In the late 19th century, Ivan Svetz, a Russian emigrant, became one of the first settlers of the SVETZ name in the United States, establishing a community in the state of Pennsylvania.

Other notable individuals with the SVETZ surname include Stanislav Svetz, a Czech painter and artist active in the early 20th century, and Olga Svetz, a Soviet-era gymnast who competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, winning multiple medals for the USSR.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Svetz

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

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

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