Schwarten Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Schwarten, so the heraldry linked to Schwarz is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Meaning of the name

Genealogists group Schwarten with Schwarz. At root, the name means “Black (dark-haired)”.

Schwarten adds -ten to the root of Schwarz, a common way of forming related surnames. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Schwart, Schwarting and Schwarze. 205 Americans were listed as Schwarten in the 2010 census.

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