Swett Surname
Approximately 5,280 people bear this surname
Swett Surname Definition:
(English, Russian, Dutch) Descendant of Swet (agreeable); the light-complexioned man; the son of Witte (white).
Swett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,161 | 1:87,109 | 9,817 |
| India | 480 | 1:1,598,053 | 58,900 |
| Chile | 273 | 1:64,529 | 2,703 |
| Ecuador | 239 | 1:66,552 | 5,287 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,306 | 1:38,452 | 4,559 |
Swett (18) may also be a first name.
Swett 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).
And Sweet (English), Amiable. (variant: Habasque, Ledoux, Suss, and de Zoete.)
Swett Demographics
Average Swett Salary in
United States
$45,573 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Swett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swett Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Swett is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swett? popularity and diffusion
The last name Swett is the 90,743rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,380,217 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Swett live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,161 people, or 1 in 87,109. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent live, Maine, where 8 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent live and Chile, where 5 percent live.
Swett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Swett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Swett surname expanded 319 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swett Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Swett are 1.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Swett earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.62% more than the national average, earning $45,573 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $49,172 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweatt | 91 | 5,300 | / |
| Swette | 91 | 126 | / |
| Sweett | 91 | 115 | / |
| Swetts | 91 | 33 | / |
| Swwett | 91 | 0 | / |
| Swet | 89 | 287 | / |
| Sweatte | 83 | 174 | / |
| Sweet | 80 | 88,406 | / |
| Sweat | 80 | 11,431 | / |
| Suett | 80 | 398 | / |
| Swete | 80 | 308 | / |
| Sweit | 80 | 183 | / |
| Switt | 80 | 153 | / |
| Sweth | 80 | 71 | / |
| Szwet | 80 | 33 | / |
| Shwet | 80 | 20 | / |
| Swiet | 80 | 16 | / |
| Swedt | 80 | 7 | / |
| Svett | 80 | 1 | / |
| Swezt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Swwet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schwette | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schwettz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Switth | 73 | 619 | / |
| Shweet | 73 | 174 | / |
| Szwedt | 73 | 114 | / |
| Sweitz | 73 | 87 | / |
| Sweete | 73 | 79 | / |
| Svette | 73 | 71 | / |
| Suette | 73 | 69 | / |
| Shuett | 73 | 45 | / |
| Szvett | 73 | 27 | / |
| Shweth | 73 | 23 | / |
| Shweit | 73 | 11 | / |
| Schwet | 73 | 9 | / |
| Suehtt | 73 | 7 | / |
| Sweate | 73 | 5 | / |
| Switte | 73 | 5 | / |
| Szwetz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Swetch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sweeth | 73 | 3 | / |
| Szwest | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sweath | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweadt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shwete | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sweyte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sveitt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sveatt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sveett | 73 | 0 | / |
| Svet | 67 | 3,942 | / |
| Schuett | 67 | 3,300 | / |
| Swed | 67 | 1,769 | / |
| Schwedt | 67 | 1,127 | / |
| Suet | 67 | 851 | / |
| Swit | 67 | 737 | / |
| Schweit | 67 | 118 | / |
| Zwet | 67 | 101 | / |
| Swyt | 67 | 61 | / |
| Schwets | 67 | 20 | / |
| Schwitt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Shvetts | 67 | 13 | / |
| Shuette | 67 | 8 | / |
| Schweth | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sbet | 67 | 5 | / |
| Souette | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schweat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shwehet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Swheitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwiet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sweethe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swessts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suhedtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Sweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shweitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schwete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swetova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Swechts | 67 | 0 | / |
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