How common is the surname Sweet?

30,051 people in the United States had the surname Sweet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,274 Americans. It ranked 1,169th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sweet?

Blanche Sweet, American actress (1896–1986), followed by Julie Sweet.

Where is the surname Sweet most common?

Wikidata records people named Sweet in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

Is the surname Sweet getting more or less common?

More common. 28,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,051 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Sweet also a first name?

Yes. Sweet is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sweet

A surname, carried by 30,051 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). Sweet is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the adjective sweet. * As a German and Jewish surname, translated from Suess, from süß (“sweet”). * As a French surname, translated from Ledoux.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,051 people named Sweet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,274 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,872.

#1,169

rank among US surnames

30,051

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,111)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,160	Hurtado	30,286	10,194
#1,161	Kirkland	30,283	10,195
#1,162	Hendrickson	30,259	10,203
#1,163	Holley	30,231	10,213
#1,164	Cordero	30,158	10,238
#1,165	Franks	30,155	10,239
#1,166	Guillen	30,153	10,239

Who is named Sweet

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

85% of people named Sweet identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sweets

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Blanche Sweet
American actress (1896–1986)
Julie Sweet
American business executive and attorney, born 1967
Robert Sweet
British botanist (1783-1835)
Rachel Sweet
American singer, born 1962
Matthew Sweet
American musician, born 1964
Shay Sweet
American pornographic actress, born 1978
Harry Sweet
Actor, film director and screenwriter (1901-1933)
Dolph Sweet
American actor (1920-1985)
Gary Sweet
Australian actor, born 1957
Dita Von Teese
American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model (born 1972)

Notable Sweets come mostly from the United States (8), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sweet

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

Questions

Where does the surname Sweet come from?: * As an English surname, from the adjective sweet. * As a German and Jewish surname, translated from Suess, from süß (“sweet”). * As a French surname, translated from Ledoux.
How common is the surname Sweet?: 30,051 people in the United States had the surname Sweet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,274 Americans. It ranked 1,169th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sweet?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Sweet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sweet?: Blanche Sweet, American actress (1896–1986), followed by Julie Sweet.
Where is the surname Sweet most common?: Wikidata records people named Sweet in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
Is the surname Sweet getting more or less common?: More common. 28,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,051 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Sweet also a first name?: Yes. Sweet is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.