Schwenk Family History
Schwenk Name Meaning
North German: variant of Schwanke.South German
(mainly Württemberg, Silesia, and Bavaria): from Middle High German
swenken ‘to swing or sling’, apparently a nickname, of which
the original application cannot now be established.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schwenk
Name Distribution of Schwenk Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schwenk families
 64 - 125  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schwenk families
|
20 - 37 7 - 19 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Schwenk last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schwenk census records
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Schwenk Family Origin
Schwenk Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schwenk
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schwenk Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schwenk census records
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Schwenk Civil War Service Records
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