Sweeting Surname

53,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahamas
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Sweeting 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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Sweeting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahamas3,0391:12927
United States2,6831:135,09514,146
England2,4961:22,3233,117
Australia5551:48,6416,064
Canada3921:93,99410,267
Wales1441:21,4902,281
Scotland471:113,9117,445
France311:2,142,668174,004
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Turks and Caicos Islands171:2,019214
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Norway61:857,04855,549
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1271:21,6293,062
Wales561:28,0071,576
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:139,88513,187

Sweeting (26) may also be a first name.

Sweeting 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

(English) 1 the Domesday Sueting, Anglo-Saxon Sweting-Swet(a)’s Son [v. under Sweet, and + the Old English son suff. -ing] 2 Dweller at the Sweet Meadow [Old English swéte + ing (Old Norse eng), a meadow] John de Sweting.—Testa de Nevill.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Swieten; in the Domesday Book, Sueting; a personal name.

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

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

Sweeting Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sweeting is found most in The Bahamas. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweeting? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 53,443rd most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 762,774 people. The surname Sweeting occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Sweeting live; 32 percent live in Caribbean and 32 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 26 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The Bahamas, where it is carried by 3,039 people, or 1 in 129. In The Bahamas Sweeting is most numerous in: New Providence, where 65 percent reside, Grand Bahama, where 11 percent reside and Russel Island, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The Bahamas this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and England, where 26 percent reside.

Sweeting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweeting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweeting surname rose 747 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 221 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 257 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 261 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 78 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sweeting Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sweeting are 9.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.74% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sweeting earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 316.78% more than the national average, earning 1,442,380 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.36% more than the national average, earning R 257,496 per year; in United States they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $41,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $50,503 CAD per year.

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