Sweat Surname

45,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sweat Surname Definition:

Same as Suet.

Sweat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,1411:32,5344,061
Israel2071:41,3415,635
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
India121:63,922,115578,870
England81:6,964,757184,742
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7661:28,4363,477

Sweat (344) may also be a first name.

Sweat Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Same as Suet.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sweat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sweat Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sweat (Oriya: େସତ) is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweat? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sweat is the 45,396th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 637,525 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sweat live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 470,492nd most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 344 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 11,141 people, or 1 in 32,534. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 14 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States Sweat exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Sweat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweat has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 631 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweat Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sweat last name are 23.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.04% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sweat earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning $38,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.76% less than the national average, earning $28,441 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweatt915,300/
Sweate915/
Sweath911/
Sweadt911/
Sweeat910/
Swat893,474/
Swet89287/
Sweatte83174/
Schweat832/
Sweet8088,406/
Swett805,280/
Swate80362/
Swete80308/
Swait80279/
Swatt80228/
Szwat80219/
Sweit80183/
Sweth8071/
Swead8063/
Szwet8033/
Sswat8029/
Shwet8020/
Swath8019/
Swiet8016/
Shwat8011/
Swedt807/
Swezt801/
Swayt801/
Sveat801/
Swaat801/
Swwet801/
Sueat800/
Shweihat77210/
Shwiehat771/
Szwast73414/
Sbehat73201/
Shweet73174/
Swette73126/
Sweett73115/
Szwedt73114/
Sweitz7387/
Sweete7379/
Swathe7378/
Schwat7358/
Swetts7333/
Shweth7323/
Shwatz7313/
Shweit7311/
Schwet739/
Swaith734/
Szwetz734/
Swetch733/
Swayat733/
Sweeth733/
Swajit732/
Swatte732/
Szwest732/
Szwatt732/
Shwate731/
Sweyad731/
Sweyte731/
Swaatt731/
Swaett731/
Swaitz731/
Swauth731/
Swaths731/
Soueat731/
Shwait731/
Szwats731/
Swacht731/
Sweute731/
Swaedt731/
Shwete731/
Swahat731/
Sueath731/
Swaits730/
Sueatt730/
Swaatz730/
Shwath730/
Sveatt730/
Sveats730/
Swhatz730/
Sweagy730/
Swaizt730/
Swattz730/
Swwett730/
Swatcz730/
Svet673,942/
Suat673,096/
Swad672,806/
Swed671,769/
Shwayat671,212/
Schwedt671,127/
Suet67851/
Swit67737/
Svat67318/
Schweit67118/
Sbat67116/
Zwet67101/
Schwait6766/
Swyt6761/
Schwate6726/
Schwets6720/
Swaitch6717/
Shwiyat6713/
Schweth677/
Sbet675/
Schwatt674/
Schwadt674/
Swigget673/
Schwats672/
Shwehet672/
Schwiet671/
Shweitz671/
Swahait671/
Swaiots671/
Swedowa671/
Schwete671/
Xwat671/
Schwatp671/
Swetova671/
D'Sweet671/
Sbeihat671/
Swessts671/
Swheitz671/
Shwattz671/
Sweethe671/
Schwazt670/
Swagget670/
Swahatz670/
Swechts670/

Sweat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sweat in the Oriya language
େସତesata-

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