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In the world, שוורץ (Schwarz , Schwartz , Shwartz ) is a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female forename. The forename שוורץ is characteristic of Austria, where it is a rare unisex name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, and Switzerland. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China, and Indonesia. Much more prevalently, שוורץ is the last name as well as the forename.
שוורץ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schwartz , the musical character in the musical A Christmas Story: The Musical; Ralphie's foul mouthed friend; his family is Jewish in A Christmas Story Live!.