Sweetney Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sweetney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweetney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sweetney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sweetney occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetney? popularity and diffusion

Sweetney is the 1,785,358th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sweetney reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sweetney is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States Sweetney is mostly found in: Maryland, where 67 percent live, District of Columbia, where 13 percent live and Virginia, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Sweetney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweetney has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,020 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sweetney Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sweetney surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Sweetney earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.33% more than the national average, earning $45,018 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweetnet881/
Sweeteny881/
Sweatney881/
Switney8015/
Swietny803/
Sweetna802/
Swetner801/
Schweetner780/
Szwetner7566/
Swathney750/
Sweetnich7166/
Swetni711/
Sbitney6740/
Switner6711/
Svetnoy676/
Svetnyi673/
Schwedtner672/
Suetnee671/
Schwestner671/
Swattny670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sweetney
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