Sweetman Surname

60,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Sweetman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sweetman,' the same as Sweet, with the augmentative -man appended; compare Bateman and Tiddiman; v. Sweet.

Osmund fil Swetman, Berkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Sweetman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6811:135,19514,157
England1,8631:29,9084,021
Australia1,0811:24,9733,406
Ireland8381:5,619882
Canada5301:69,5207,971
New Zealand4881:9,2791,609
Wales2141:14,4601,584
South Africa1781:304,36929,195
Zimbabwe1261:122,52616,470
Northern Ireland771:23,9622,720
Scotland551:97,3426,721
Isle of Man321:2,682546
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Israel201:427,88233,464
France171:3,907,219231,005
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Norway61:857,04855,549
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Monaco31:12,3552,088
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2461:18,0082,188
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0361:23,5283,274
Isle of Man131:4,175439
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5281:95,1119,723

Sweetman (29) may also be a first name.

Sweetman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sweetman,' the same as Sweet, with the augmentative -man appended; compare Bateman and Tiddiman; v. Sweet.

Osmund fil Swetman, Berkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Swetman (without surname), Oxfordshire. 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Swetman fil. Edith, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Swetman de Helignam, Norfolk, ibid.

Sweteman Textor, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Adam Swetman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Swetemon, Close Rolls, 51 Edward III.

1757. Married — William Sweetman and Dunn: St. George, Hanover Square.

(2) Local; v. Swetenham and Swetnam.

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

= Sweet (q.v.) + English man. Swetman was not an uncommon A.-Saxon name.

There has been sporadic confusion with Swetenham, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Suatman (W) This family of Norse origin was established in Ireland in the twelfth century. Bibl; IF 288; Map Kilk

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who was pleasant and agreeable; the servant of Swet (sweet); one who came from Swettenham (Sweta’s homestead), in Cheshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Old Norse, Sig-vatr; from the Anglo-Saxon, Seward, Siwart; in the Domesday Book, Suetman, Sueting, Suertin; from the Dutch, Soetman; from the German, Swidom; a personal name.

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

Sweetman Last Name Facts

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

Sweetman occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetman? popularity and diffusion

Sweetman is the 60,396th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 873,492 people. The last name Sweetman occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of Sweetman reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2,681 people, or 1 in 135,195. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 13 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States Sweetman exists in 50 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Sweetman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweetman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 508 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 341 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 3,057 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 611 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sweetman surname is primarily Catholic (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sweetman last name are 17.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.19% being registered with the party.

The amount Sweetman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.99% less than the national average, earning 214,617 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.9% more than the national average, earning R 306,324 per year; in United States they earn 11.36% more than the national average, earning $48,051 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.61% more than the national average, earning $51,477 CAD per year.

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Sweetman Reference & Research

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