# Sweeden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sweeden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 538 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 573,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.5% (608 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a reduced variant of Dutch van Zweeten. It could also be a variant of Sweeting.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sweeden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sweeten, Stone, Sutton, Stein, Steen, Stine, Seaton, Stamm, Stamey, Sitton, Sedano, Sidney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.