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Where Does The Last Name Sweet Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Sweet (Arabic: سويت) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sweet.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweet? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Sweet is the 6,396^th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 82,433 people. The surname Sweet is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Sweet live; 50 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 26,993^rd most frequent forename in the world It is held by 31,321 people.

The last name Sweet is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 40,342 people, or 1 in 8,985. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States Sweet is found in 160 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent are found and Libya, where 8 percent are found.

Sweet Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Sweet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweet surname expanded 398 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 307 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 198 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 56 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sweet Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sweet surname is predominantly Anglican (61%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Sweet surname are 11.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.43% registered with the party.

The amount Sweet earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.97% more than the national average, earning R 306,480 per year; in United States they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $43,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning $48,172 CAD per year.