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Shvets (alternative transliterations: Szwec/Szwiec, Shwets, Schwets, Švets, Švec, Svec, Shwec, Chvets) is a Ukrainian (Швець Shvets) occupational surname literally meaning "cobbler" or "shoemaker". In Russian the word means "tailor" (obsolete). It may also be a phonetic respelling of Czech "Švec".

The surname may refer to:

Anton Shvets (born 1993), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer
Fedir Shvets (1882–1940), Ukrainian geologist, public activist and statesman
Oksana Shvets (1955—2022), Ukrainian actress
Serhiy Shvets (footballer) (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
Serhiy Shvets (politician) (1976–2025), Ukrainian politician
Yana Shvets (born 1989), Ukrainian singer
Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (1902–1972), Soviet cinematic artist
Yuri Shvets (born 1952), former KGB Major
Mark Švets (born 1976), Estonian international footballer

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Grass, Gracey, Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Schuster, Shoemark, Schumann, Shumacher, Shumaker, Shoemaker, Shuman, Shumann, Shuster, Schubart, Schubert, Shubert, Schuchardt Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel, Polonized: Szubert, Szuman, Szuster
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Soutar, Souttar, Sutor, De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto, Le Sueur Scarpa, Scarponi, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier Sabaté, Sabater, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero borrowings from Slavic: Cebotari, Ciubotaru/Ciubotariu/Ciobotariu/Ciobotaru
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šubert, Šubrt Šuštar (from Schuster) Szydło
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of tailor/seamster
Germanic	Tayler, Taylor Schneider, Schnieder, Schnieders Anglicized: Snyder, Snyders, Snider Polonized: Sznajder Czechized: Šnajdr/Šnajder/Šnejdr Russified: Shneider/Shneyder (Шнейдер), Shnaider/Shnayder (Шнайдер) Sneijder, Snijders, Schnyder, Schnider, Schnieder, Schnaider Yiddish: Znaider (זנאַידער) Schröder Schroeder, Schröter, Schrödter, Schrötter, Schröer, Schrörs, Schreurs, Schrader, Schroder, Schroedter, Schrøder, Schreuder, Schreuders Snyman Kleid (קליידל, Yiddish) Nager, Neher, Stich, Faulstich, Nader, Neder
Romance	Sarti, Sarto, Del Sarto, Sartre, Sartori, Sartoris, Sartorius Sastre Couturier, Couture, Croitoru/Croitor Quemener
Slavic	Kravets, Kravtsov/Krawtzoff, Kravchenko, Kravchuk Krawiec (Yiddish calques: Kravits/Kravitz, Krawetz), Krawczyk, Krawczak, Krawczuk, Krawczyński (Kravchinsky, Kravchynskyi), Krajčí/Krajci, Krajčík, Krajčír/Kraicir, Krejčí, Krejčík, Krejčír Portnoy/Portnoi, Portnoff, Portnov, Portnow, Portnyagin Shvets, Shevtsov
Semitic	Chait/Khait Chayat / Polish calque: Chajat Khayat, Al Khayat/El Khayat, Ibn Khayyat, Bint Khayyat
Other	Darzi, Szabó, Raftis/Ράφτης, Rätsep, Terzioğlu, Terzi

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