German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with black
hair or a dark complexion, from Middle High German swarz,
German schwarz, Yiddish shvarts ‘dark’, ‘black’. JXE,
AB This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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