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

The surname Sweetland is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetland? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sweetland is the 131,926th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,128,372 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sweetland reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sweetland is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name globally, held by 28 people.

Sweetland is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,937 people, or 1 in 187,124. In The United States Sweetland is most prevalent in: Nevada, where 18 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Sweetland is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.

Sweetland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sweetland has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 187 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 790 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sweetland last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sweetland are 11.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.66% being registered with the political 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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