Family name Switzer (Schweizer 
, Switzer 
, Schwytzer 
) , globally, is a common surname. The surname Switzer is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Switzerland, where it is a common surname, Liechtenstein, where it is quite a common surname, and Germany (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. Very seldom, Switzer is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Schweizer | Switzerland, United States, Austria, Canada, Germany |
| Switzer | Brazil, United States, France, Canada, Germany |
| Schwytzer | United States, New Zealand |
| סוויצר | Israel |
| stephen switzer English historian (b. 1682) |
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| john switzer (b. 1743) |
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lucy switzer American temperance and suffrage activist (1844-1922), US (b. 1844) |
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robert m. switzer American politician, US (b. 1863) |
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| mary ann eliza daley switzer (b. 1812) |
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frank switzer Canadian ice hockey player, CA (b. 1882) |
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mary switzer American civil servant (1900-1971), US (b. 1900) |
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| benjamin bowman switzer (b. 1847) |
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harold switzer film actor (1925-1967), US (b. 1925) |
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carl switzer American actor (1927-1959), US (b. 1927) |
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| maurice switzer (b. 1870) |
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veryl switzer American football player, US (b. 1932) |
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barry switzer American football player and coach, US (b. 1937) |
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kathrine switzer American marathon runner, author, and television commentator, US (b. 1947) |
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michael switzer American film and television director, US (b. 1948) |
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