Sweetin Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Sweetin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweetin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6441:562,82446,323
Scotland681:78,7335,846
England191:2,932,529101,561
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:635,68042,122

Sweetin (24) may also be a first name.

Sweetin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweetin is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 455,289th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Sweetin reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sweetin is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 24 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 644 people, or 1 in 562,824. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Oklahoma, where 16 percent reside, Illinois, where 14 percent reside and California, where 12 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 9 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Sweetin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sweetin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sweetin last name rose 815 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 971 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sweetin surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Sweetin earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning $46,307 USD per year and in Canada they earn 92.43% more than the national average, earning $95,604 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swetin9236/
Sweetn921/
Sweetinng880/
Sweeten862,989/
Swettin860/
Sweetten8055/
Chweetin8030/
Swetting802/
Sweeteen801/
Suetin772,001/
Svetin77197/
Sweten7736/
Zwetin775/
Sbeetn775/
Switin773/
Swatin771/
Schweeten750/
Suetina712,131/
Svetina711,498/
Swithin7152/
Swieten7143/
Swestyn7128/
Swaytin718/
Swathin717/
Sueting716/
Swetten716/
Swytink711/
Shbetin711/
Sweetem711/
Swethen711/
Schweiting710/
Sweiten710/
Swyteen710/
Sweaten710/
Swijtink6755/
Switijnk6730/
Szvetina678/
Sveatina672/
Sbetn671/
Sweathen671/
Swetteng671/
Switting670/

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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
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  • 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 Sweetin
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