Sweets Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sweets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan151:589,49613,598
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Sweets (75) may also be a first name.

Sweets Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sweets is borne by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweets? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Sweets live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 45 percent live in Levant. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 75 people.

The last name Sweets is most frequent in Jordan, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 589,496. In Jordan Sweets is primarily concentrated in: Balqa Governorate, where 93 percent reside and Madaba Governorate, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Jordan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 26 percent reside and Botswana, where 11 percent reside.

Sweets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sweets has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sweets surname fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweets Last Name Statistics demography

Sweets earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.76% more than the national average, earning R 393,912 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweetes921/
Swets91927/
Sweetz8353/
Sweats8350/
Shwets8346/
Swetts8333/
Sweeds834/
Swetse831/
Schwets7720/
Swessts771/
Swechts770/
Swetz73640/
Zwets73187/
Swits7367/
Svets7363/
Suets7326/
Sweez732/
Sweds730/
Schweits714/
Shvets6769,914/
Shwetz67169/
Sweitz6787/
Switts6753/
Sweatz6741/
Szuets676/
Szwetz674/
Swetch673/
Swietz672/
Shuets672/
Shbets672/
Swetze670/
Sveats670/
Sweezz670/
Swaits670/
Switzs670/

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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 Sweets
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