Sweter Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sweter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sweter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Sweter Last Name Facts

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

Sweter is found most frequently in England. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweter? popularity and diffusion

Sweter is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Sweter live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Sweter is mostly found in: Wiltshire, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account England it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.

Sweter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sweter has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Sweter surname rose 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Sweter
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