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swigert Name Meaning and History

Americanized form of German Schweigert or Zweigert, an occupational name for a gardener or tender of fruit trees or vines, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwigen ‘to graft’, ‘to plant’. Compare Sweigart.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of swigert Families in the US in 1840
Number of swigert families
 8-13
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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