Swets Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
Swets Surname Definition:
(English, Russian, Dutch) Descendant of Swet (agreeable); the light-complexioned man; the son of Witte (white).
Swets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 483 | 1:750,433 | 58,631 |
| Netherlands | 407 | 1:41,492 | 7,046 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Swets Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English, Russian, Dutch) Descendant of Swet (agreeable); the light-complexioned man; the son of Witte (white).
Swets Demographics
Swets Political Affiliation
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Swets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swets occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swets? popularity and diffusion
Swets is the 383,720th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 7,861,430 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Swets live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Swets is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 483 people, or 1 in 750,433. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 18 percent live, Indiana, where 18 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Swets occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 44 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Swets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Swets has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,238 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Swets Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Swets surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.27% being registered with the party.
The amount Swets earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning $48,968 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.7% less than the national average, earning $47,348 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweats | 91 | 50 | / |
| Shwets | 91 | 46 | / |
| Sweets | 91 | 38 | / |
| Swetts | 91 | 33 | / |
| Swetse | 91 | 1 | / |
| Schwets | 83 | 20 | / |
| Swessts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sweetes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Swechts | 83 | 0 | / |
| Swetz | 80 | 640 | / |
| Zwets | 80 | 187 | / |
| Swits | 80 | 67 | / |
| Svets | 80 | 63 | / |
| Suets | 80 | 26 | / |
| Sweds | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schweits | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shvets | 73 | 69,914 | / |
| Shwetz | 73 | 169 | / |
| Sweitz | 73 | 87 | / |
| Switts | 73 | 53 | / |
| Sweetz | 73 | 53 | / |
| Sweatz | 73 | 41 | / |
| Szuets | 73 | 6 | / |
| Szwetz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sweeds | 73 | 4 | / |
| Swetch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Shuets | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shbets | 73 | 2 | / |
| Swietz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Swaits | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sveats | 73 | 0 | / |
| Swetze | 73 | 0 | / |
| Switzs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schwetz | 67 | 1,129 | / |
| Zwetsch | 67 | 794 | / |
| Swec | 67 | 65 | / |
| Schvets | 67 | 53 | / |
| Shveyts | 67 | 30 | / |
| Swaites | 67 | 17 | / |
| Shvetts | 67 | 13 | / |
| Schweds | 67 | 12 | / |
| Swez | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shveits | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sweitze | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schuets | 67 | 2 | / |
| Swheitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shbeits | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swiescz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shweitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwetsche | 67 | 1 | / |
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