Sweetland Surname

131,926th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Sweetland Surname Definition:

The same as the U.S. names Swetland and Sweedland; from Swethland, Sweedland, old names for Sweden, found in Dr. Bosworth'g Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. The name might also be from Swithland, a parish of England, co. Leicester.

Sweetland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9371:187,12418,605
England6911:80,6348,960
Canada4461:82,6139,203
Jamaica1031:27,8642,130
Wales791:39,1713,833
Australia721:374,94030,993
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Panama51:782,45211,059
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3691:66,0587,550
Wales101:156,8426,008
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6461:77,7388,246

Sweetland (28) may also be a first name.

Sweetland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The same as the U.S. names Swetland and Sweedland; from Swethland, Sweedland, old names for Sweden, found in Dr. Bosworth'g Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. The name might also be from Swithland, a parish of England, co. Leicester.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Devon Comp. Swithland.

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

Sweetland Last Name Facts

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

Sweetland is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 131,926th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,128,372 people. Sweetland occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sweetland reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 28 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,937 people, or 1 in 187,124. In The United States it is primarily found in: Nevada, where 18 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Sweetland is found in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.

Sweetland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweetland has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 187 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 790 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sweetland last name are 11.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.66% registered with the party.

The amount Sweetland earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.62% less than the national average, earning R 224,280 per year; in United States they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $47,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $49,450 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweettland950/
Swetland94820/
Sweatland89289/
Swwetland891/
Swestland890/
Swettland890/
Sweitland890/
Swietland890/
Sweithland840/
Swatland82120/
Swotland821/
Suitland7112/
Svitland711/

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