Sweeper Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Sweeper Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweeper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1421:2,552,528155,105
Australia641:421,80833,593
India261:29,502,515369,827
England151:3,714,537119,675
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
China21:683,660,78330,601
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Sweeper (22) may also be a first name.

Sweeper Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweeper is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweeper? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 973,426th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name Sweeper occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Sweeper live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sweeper is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 22 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 2,552,528. In The United States Sweeper is most numerous in: South Carolina, where 29 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found and Georgia, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 24 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Sweeper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sweeper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweeper surname grew 490 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweeper Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sweeper are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Sweeper earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.97% less than the national average, earning $33,236 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweper921/
Sweaper861/
Swieper861/
Swepper860/
Schweper802/
Sueper77138/
Swiper7711/
Swaper774/
Swoper770/
Schwepper7512/
Schweipert7112/
Suepher711/
Shwiper710/
Schveper676/
Swaipper674/
Suepr673/
Schwipper6377/
Schuepfer6353/
Schvepper6311/
Suepphetr631/
Schuepper631/
Suiper62239/
Suepre621/
Schwippert59272/
Schueppert5992/
Svipr5057/

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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 Sweeper
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