Sweetapple Surname

424,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Sweetapple Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'sweet apple'; v. Sweet, (2) Local, 'at the sweet apple,' from residence beside a particular sweet apple-tree. This is the more probable origin; compare Crabb, Crabtree, Appletree, Plumptre, Ash, Nash, Birch, &c.

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Sweetapple Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2841:129,73813,514
Australia2341:115,36612,799
United States1791:2,024,910129,652
England691:807,50843,459
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Sweetapple Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'sweet apple'; v. Sweet, (2) Local, 'at the sweet apple,' from residence beside a particular sweet apple-tree. This is the more probable origin; compare Crabb, Crabtree, Appletree, Plumptre, Ash, Nash, Birch, &c. It is evidently a West-country surname.

Edward Swetapple. Patent Rolls.

Roger Sweetappull, Close Rolls, 4 Henry V.

585-6. Henry Gatcombe and Alice Sweethable (Middlesex): Marriage Lic. (London).

1613. Married — Edmund Sweetaple and Sibille Bennet: Reg. Broad Chalke, Wiltshire.

1614. — Thomas Bennet and Margrett Sweetaple: ibid.

1687. Married — John Sweetaple and Elizabeth Brett: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

(English) Dweller by the Sweet- Apple (Tree) [Old English swéte + æppel]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Doubtless either a gross corruption or a sobriquet. Near Godalming in Surrey, this delightful name is counterpoised by that of Bitterplum.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Zoetappel is the corresponding word, but there is not the certainty of its being a personal name, as Lightvoet is for Lightfoot.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sweetapple Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sweetapple is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetapple? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 424,145th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name Sweetapple is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sweetapple live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 129,738. In Canada Sweetapple is most numerous in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 68 percent live, Ontario, where 11 percent live and Alberta, where 7 percent live. Excluding Canada this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 22 percent live.

Sweetapple Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sweetapple has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweetapple last name grew 746 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 15 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetapple Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sweetapple last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sweetapple surname are 29.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.74% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sweetapple earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $43,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.46% less than the national average, earning $42,996 CAD per year.

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