Sweetwood Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sweetwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweetwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6191:585,55647,866
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:497,21535,030

Sweetwood Last Name Facts

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

Sweetwood occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sweetwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweetwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 506,723rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 11,263,595 people. The surname Sweetwood occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Sweetwood live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 619 people, or 1 in 585,556. In The United States Sweetwood is most numerous in: Nevada, where 17 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States Sweetwood occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Sweetwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sweetwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sweetwood last name expanded 613 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sweetwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sweetwood last name are 15.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.61% being registered to vote for the party.

Sweetwood earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sweatwood890/
Sweedwood890/
Swatwood822/
Swathwood78200/
Swothwood780/
Swatwout591/

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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
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  • 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 Sweetwood
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