How common is the surname Sweatt?

3,703 people in the United States had the surname Sweatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. It ranked 8,848th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sweatt?

Lee Sweatt, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Sweatt most common?

Wikidata records people named Sweatt in the United States.

Is the surname Sweatt getting more or less common?

More common. 3,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,703 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Sweatt

A surname, carried by 3,703 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweatt is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,703 people named Sweatt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,589.

#8,848

rank among US surnames

3,703

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332
#8,844	Cusack	3,704	83,355
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422
#8,854	Breault	3,700	83,445

Who is named Sweatt

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

74% of people named Sweatt identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sweatts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Sweatt
American ice hockey player, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sweatt

Sweatt has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Sweatt?: 3,703 people in the United States had the surname Sweatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. It ranked 8,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sweatt?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Sweatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sweatt?: Lee Sweatt, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Sweatt most common?: Wikidata records people named Sweatt in the United States.
Is the surname Sweatt getting more or less common?: More common. 3,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,703 in 2010, up 3.2%.