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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Schwedt in Brandenburg.
  • German : ethnic name for someone of Swedish origin.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Schwede, Polish Szwed ‘Swede’.

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