The Schwarting Family Name

Your Schwarting ancestor may well appear as Schwarz in earlier records. The family name meaning is “Black (dark-haired)”, the same as for Schwarz. The ending -ting in Schwarting is a typical German derivative of the root behind Schwarz. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written Schwarten, Schwart and Schwarze.

The 2010 US Census counted 833 people named Schwarting, ranking it number 28,618 among American surnames.

Arms linked to Schwarz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Schwarting surname pack.