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    The surname Sweeny

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Sweeny: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sweeny #12,362, 2,515 people Sweeny: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sweeny #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweeny is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Sweeney.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,515 people named Sweeny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,444.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,737)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named Sweeny

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

    89% of people named Sweeny identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sweenys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Harry Sweeny
      Australian bicycle racer, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sweeny

    Sweeny has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sweeny come from?
    Variant of Sweeney.
    How common is the surname Sweeny?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname Sweeny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sweeny?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Sweeny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sweeny?
    Harry Sweeny, Australian bicycle racer.
    Where is the surname Sweeny most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sweeny in Australia.
    Is the surname Sweeny getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 2.9%.