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

Sweetney is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetney? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,785,358th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sweetney are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 67 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 13 percent are found and Virginia, where 10 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Sweetney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sweetney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sweetney surname rose 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 Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the 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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