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    The surname Sweeden

    A Dutch surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S350

    Sweeden: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sweeden #40,610, 538 people Sweeden: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sweeden #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweeden is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

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

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 538 people named Sweeden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 608.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #35,106)

    Who is named Sweeden

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

    89% of people named Sweeden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sweeden

    Sweeden has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sweeden come from?
    From a reduced variant of Dutch van Zweeten. It could also be a variant of Sweeting.
    How common is the surname Sweeden?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Sweeden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sweeden?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Sweeden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sweeden getting more or less common?
    Less common. 608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, down 12%.