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 Male Swett Height
178.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Swett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swett Come From? nationality or country of origin
Swett is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swett? popularity and diffusion
The surname Swett is the 90,743rd most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,380,217 people. Swett occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Swett live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Swett is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
The last name Swett is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 4,161 people, or 1 in 87,109. In The United States Swett is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent are found, Maine, where 8 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found and Chile, where 5 percent are found.
Swett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Swett has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 319 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Swett Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Swett surname are 1.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.56% 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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