Sweep Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Sweep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 224 | 1:75,389 | 12,772 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Sweep (17) may also be a first name.
Sweep Demographics
Average Sweep Salary in
Canada
$48,182 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Sweep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sweep occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweep? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sweep is the 940,398th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Sweep live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sweep is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Sweep is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 75,389. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 69 percent live, North Holland, where 17 percent live and South Holland, where 7 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
Sweep Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sweep earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.23% more than the national average, earning R 273,828 per year and in Canada they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $48,182 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweepe | 91 | 39 | / |
| Sweeph | 91 | 1 | / |
| Swep | 89 | 13 | / |
| Zweep | 80 | 529 | / |
| Sweeb | 80 | 142 | / |
| Sweap | 80 | 17 | / |
| Swepe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Szwep | 80 | 3 | / |
| Swiep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sweps | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schwep | 73 | 11 | / |
| Swheeb | 73 | 4 | / |
| Swephe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sweppe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweebt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweape | 73 | 1 | / |
| Suep | 67 | 449 | / |
| Schwiep | 67 | 64 | / |
| Schwepe | 67 | 40 | / |
| Sweb | 67 | 33 | / |
| Swip | 67 | 29 | / |
| Schweps | 67 | 7 | / |
| Svep | 67 | 6 | / |
| Schwepp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shweppe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shwheeb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schweip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwepf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schweeb | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sweep
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