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    The surname Sweatman

    A surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S355

    Sweatman: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sweatman #18,007, 1,550 people Sweatman: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sweatman #18,007, 1,550 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweatman is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,550 people named Sweatman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,476.

    #18,007
    rank among US surnames
    1,550
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,566)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Sweatman

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Sweatman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sweatmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wilbur Sweatman
      American musician (1882–1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sweatman

    Sweatman has the Soundex code S355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sweatman?
    1,550 people in the United States had the surname Sweatman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sweatman?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Sweatman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sweatman?
    Wilbur Sweatman, American musician (1882–1961).
    Where is the surname Sweatman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sweatman in the United States.
    Is the surname Sweatman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 5.0%.