Sweedy Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Sweedy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6711:137,01310,788
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Israel201:427,88233,464
England191:2,932,529101,561
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Sweedy (58) may also be a first name.

Sweedy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweedy occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sweedy.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweedy? popularity and diffusion

Sweedy is the 448,561st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,601,510 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sweedy are found; 88 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Sweedy is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 58 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 671 people, or 1 in 137,013. Without taking into account Egypt this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Israel, where 3 percent reside.

Sweedy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sweedy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 433 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweedy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sweedy surname is principally Catholic (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sweedy last name are 35.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.35% registered with the party.

Sweedy earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.87% more than the national average, earning $56,467 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweeddy921/
Swedy911,499/
Sweidy83936/
Sweede83112/
Sweïdy83110/
Sweeda8329/
Sweddy8313/
Sweedi8310/
Sweydy831/
S'Weidy7756/
Schwedy772/
Sweedie771/
Sweedha771/
Sweetde771/
Sweedes770/
Swedi7317,238/
Swede73980/
Sweda73725/
Swady7336/
Suedy7319/
Swody7316/
Swidy738/
Schweede7112/
S'Weiddy711/
Schweeda710/
Szweda676,160/
Sweidi671,153/
Swaedi67462/
Sweida67242/
Sweïdi67143/
Sweydi67104/
Szwede6780/
Swejda6736/
Zweede6726/
Shweda6722/
Swieda6720/
Sweade6718/
Schweeder6715/
Swidey6714/
Souedy6711/
Swedie6710/
Swadey6710/
Sweide6710/
Swaddy678/
Swaidy675/
Swedeh675/
Sweidj674/
Swiedi672/
S'Wady671/
Sweyde671/
Swiday671/
Sveeda671/
Svedyi671/
Swaede671/
Swedje671/
Szwejdych671/
Swoddy670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sweedy
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