Shvets

Shvets (Ukrainian: швець, shvets') is a Ukrainian occupational surname literally meaning cobbler/shoemaker.

The surname may refer to:

• Fedir Shvets (1882–1940), Ukrainian geologist, public activist, and statesman
• Mark Švets (born 1976), Estonian international footballer
• Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (1902–1972), Soviet cinematic artist
• Yuri Shvets (born 1952), KGB Major

See also

• Shevchenko
• Shevchuk

Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler/shoemaker/cordwainer Celtic Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick Germanic Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Knef Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers, Schoonmaker from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Romance Sutor DeSutter, De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corviser, Corvisier, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic) Slavic Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Čizmar, Čižmár, Cizmar, Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov, Sapozhnik, Bashmachnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Kopitar Other "Sandlar" (סנדלר) ("sandal-maker"): HaSandlar, Sandler, Zandler Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia