Shvets

Shvets (alternate spellings Shwets, Schwets, Švets, Svets, Chvets; Ukrainian: швець, shvets') is a Ukrainian occupational surname literally meaning cobbler/shoemaker.

The surname may refer to:

Anton Shvets, a Ukrainian-born Russian footballer
Fedir Shvets (1882–1940), Ukrainian geologist, public activist, and statesman
Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (1902–1972), Soviet cinematic artist
Yuri Shvets (born 1952), KGB Major

Mark Švets (born 1976), Estonian international footballer

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

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