Sweeten Surname

148,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Sweeten Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sweeting'; v. Sweet. Lower says, 'Sweeting, an old Anglo-Saxon personal name. In Domesday, Sueting, Suetingus.' The Testa de Neville gives one instance betokening a local origin.

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Sweeten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7541:131,61213,855
England1021:546,25533,762
Scotland721:74,3595,625
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France41:16,605,680368,153
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3651:137,58513,032

Sweeten (111) may also be a first name.

Sweeten Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sweeting'; v. Sweet. Lower says, 'Sweeting, an old Anglo-Saxon personal name. In Domesday, Sueting, Suetingus.' The Testa de Neville gives one instance betokening a local origin. But all the East-coast Sweetings are of fontal origin; v. Browning or Harding.

Richard Swetyne, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Swetyene, Norfolk ibid.

Willelmus Swyting, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Isabella Swyting, 1379: ibid.

Robert Swyting , 1379: ibid.

(2) Local, 'of Sweeting.'

John de Sweting, Wiltshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Robert Swetynge, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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

An old Anglo-Saxon personal name; a patronymic of Sweet. In Domesday, Sueting, Suetingus, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Sweeting. A patronymic of the name Sweet; or compounded of ing, a meadow. See Willing. Lower gives Sweeting as an old Anglo-Saxon personal name, and mentions the Domesday Sueting, Suetingus.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The Sweetings were represented in Norfolk in the 13th century by the Swetynes (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Sweeten Last Name Facts

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

Sweeten has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweeten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 148,008th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,438,122 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Sweeten are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 890,531st most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 111 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,754 people, or 1 in 131,612. In The United States Sweeten is most prevalent in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Utah, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Scotland, where 2 percent are found.

Sweeten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sweeten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 755 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 319 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sweeten Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sweeten last name are 18.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sweeten earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.44% less than the national average, earning $39,076 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.56% less than the national average, earning $47,418 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweetten9355/
Sweeteen931/
Sweten9236/
Sweetn921/
Schweeten880/
Sweetin86744/
Swieten8643/
Swetten866/
Swethen861/
Sweetem861/
Sweiten860/
Sweaten860/
Sweathen801/
Swetteng801/
Swetin7736/
Swaten7715/
Switen779/
Sbeetn775/
Zweten771/
Sueten771/
Schwieten7515/
Sweetinng750/
Switten71358/
Swatten7150/
Schwechten7143/
Swestyn7128/
Swithen717/
Szwiten711/
Swotten711/
Swettin710/
Swyteen710/
Suethen710/
Schwaten6743/
Chweetin6730/
Schueten677/
Suethuen673/
Swetting672/
Sbetn671/

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