Sweetser Surname
Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,398 | 1:259,270 | 24,498 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 45 | 1:541,675 | 28,673 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 545 | 1:92,144 | 9,460 |
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.
(English) One who came from Switzerland; an agreeable elderly person.
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: —
From the German, Schweitzer; from the Flemish, Switser; a personal name.
Sweetser Demographics
Average Sweetser Salary in
United States
$50,173 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sweetser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweetser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sweetser is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweetser? popularity and diffusion
Sweetser is the 260,442nd most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,832,590 people. Sweetser is predominantly found 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 frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,398 people, or 1 in 259,270. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maine, where 11 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs 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 incidence of Sweetser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sweetser surname grew 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 holding the Sweetser surname are 5.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.27% registered to vote for the political 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetscer | 94 | 0 | / |
| Swetser | 93 | 0 | / |
| Sweetsir | 88 | 136 | / |
| Sweetzer | 88 | 61 | / |
| Sweitser | 88 | 13 | / |
| Sweatser | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sweetcer | 88 | 0 | / |
| Swietser | 88 | 0 | / |
| Sweitzser | 82 | 2 | / |
| Shwietser | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sweezer | 80 | 327 | / |
| Switser | 80 | 230 | / |
| Swetzer | 80 | 21 | / |
| Swetjer | 80 | 7 | / |
| Swotser | 80 | 0 | / |
| Swedser | 80 | 0 | / |
| Swatser | 80 | 0 | / |
| Swytser | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schweitser | 78 | 15 | / |
| Sweitzer | 75 | 5,727 | / |
| Shwetzer | 75 | 36 | / |
| Swietzer | 75 | 36 | / |
| Sweetzir | 75 | 30 | / |
| Switzser | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sweitcer | 75 | 2 | / |
| Swetzeer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Swettzer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sweatzer | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sweitger | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sweatger | 75 | 0 | / |
| Swittser | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schwetscher | 74 | 33 | / |
| Shveytser | 71 | 749 | / |
| Shveitser | 71 | 44 | / |
| Shweitzer | 71 | 16 | / |
| Schwetjer | 71 | 10 | / |
| Schwetzer | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sweijtzer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schweecer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sweitzeer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sweitcher | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schwitser | 71 | 0 | / |
| Swezer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schwettscher | 70 | 4 | / |
| Schweitzer | 67 | 37,779 | / |
| Switzer | 67 | 19,978 | / |
| Schwietzer | 67 | 305 | / |
| Zwitser | 67 | 278 | / |
| Sweizer | 67 | 23 | / |
| Schwaetzer | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sweazer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Schveitser | 67 | 6 | / |
| Schwetcher | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schwestzer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schweitcer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Swytzer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schwaitser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schweutzer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwettzer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shveitsert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swecher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szwecer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swatzer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Switger | 67 | 0 | / |
| Suetger | 67 | 0 | / |
| Suitser | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schweatzer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sweicer | 67 | 0 | / |
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