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The swart Surname

swart Name Meaning and History

Dutch and English: nickname for a dark-haired or dark-skinned person, from Middle Dutch zwart, swert, Middle English swart ‘dark’, ‘swarthy’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of swart Families in the US in 1920

Number of swart families

128-253

43-127

1-42

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Thread	Author	Replies
SWART Vera SMITH 1905-1955	t42MountOlivet	0
Liza SWART b. 1880 m. Fred Watkins	treesearch1011	10
SWART Buford C and Alma	t42MountOlivet	0
James Swart (2 Feb 1809, Loudoun Co, VA - 6 Aug 1891 Holmes Co, OH)	lash1023	0
Swart connected to family tree originated from holland	rrdswart	6
SWART-DUNN-ADAMS	mwalex	0
Charles T. Swart & Mabel A. Sullivan, Omaha NE 1906	EllenSG	2
Swart/Zwart or Sand	Marvene Lynch	24
John Jay Swart b. 1815	salic	3
Liza Jane Swart m. Fred Watkins	seaklause	6

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