Shvets

Shvets (alternate spellings Shwets, Schwets, Švets, Svets, Shwec ,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

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
Romance	Germanic language surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar 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, Le Sueur, 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