Where did the Last Name Swars come from?

Question

My Friend is researching her history and we have no Idea how to begin. Is it short for anything?

Answer 1

I can't find Swars but it could be an Anglisization of Swartz.

Swartz    

Last name origins & meanings:

Dutch: variant of Swart.

Variant of German and Jewish Schwartz.

Swart  

Last name origin & meaning:

Dutch and English: nickname for a dark-haired or dark-skinned person, from Middle Dutch zwart, swert, Middle English swart ‘dark’, ‘swarthy’.