Sweatman Surname

150,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,927 people bear this surname

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

Sweatman Surname Definition:

Bapt 'the son of Swetman'; v. Sweetman. (2) Local, 'of Swetenham'; v. Swetnam.

Sweatman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9841:182,69118,232
England4921:113,24811,628
Australia1861:145,13815,497
Canada1421:259,47624,513
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Israel291:295,09125,768
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Wales101:309,45316,869
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3291:74,0898,135
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3041:165,19314,986

Sweatman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bapt 'the son of Swetman'; v. Sweetman. (2) Local, 'of Swetenham'; v. Swetnam.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Sweetman, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Swetman occurs on A-Sax, coins as the name of a moneyer; and before and at the making of Domesday, there existed a certain Saxon freeman called Suetman and Suetmanus.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Sweetman, and an ancient name Swetman, and the præ-Domesday name Suetman or Suetmannus. The name may mean strong or powerful man. The Anglo-Saxon swith, wyth is strong, powerful, great; Fries, swid, strong, much, crafty, bad; Mœso-G. swinths, validus, robustus. Hence the Gothic proper name Suintila = Valentius; and Swintebold, which Wachter renders valide audax.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sweatman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sweatman occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweatman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 150,644th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,489,766 people. Sweatman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Sweatman reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,984 people, or 1 in 182,691. In The United States it is most numerous in: South Carolina, where 22 percent are found, Georgia, where 19 percent are found and Texas, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Sweatman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweatman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweatman surname increased 653 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweatman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sweatman surname are 26.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.68% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sweatman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.7% more than the national average, earning R 581,508 per year; in United States they earn 4.2% less than the national average, earning $41,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning $52,287 CAD per year.

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