Sweetser Surname

260,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Sweetser Surname Definition:

(English + Anglo-French-Latin) Sweet Sir [v. Sweet and Sire] Richard Swetesire.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1355.

There has been confusion with Switzer, q.v.

Sweetser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3981:259,27024,498
Australia621:435,41534,362
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5451:92,1449,460

Sweetser Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English + Anglo-French-Latin) Sweet Sir [v. Sweet and Sire] Richard Swetesire.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1355.

There has been confusion with Switzer, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Switzerland; an agreeable elderly person.

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

A native of Switzerland was formerly called a Switzer; especially one of the hiredguards; a mercenary soldier. The Switzers were generally fat men, and hence the distich quoted by Cotgrave: —

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Schweitzer; from the Flemish, Switser; a personal name.

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

Sweetser Last Name Facts

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

Sweetser is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetser? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 260,442nd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,832,590 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Sweetser are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,398 people, or 1 in 259,270. In The United States it is most common in: Maine, where 11 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Sweetser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sweetser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sweetser surname increased 257 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 51 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sweetser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sweetser last name are 5.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.27% registered with the party.

The amount Sweetser earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning 331,079 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.28% more than the national average, earning $50,173 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.34% less than the national average, earning $39,579 CAD per year.

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