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    The surname Sweeting

    A surname, carried by 2,174 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S352

    Sweeting: #13,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sweeting #13,887, 2,174 people Sweeting: #13,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sweeting #13,887, 2,174 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweeting is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,174 people named Sweeting in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,017 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,999.

    #13,887
    rank among US surnames
    2,174
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,863)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887
    #13,884Essig2,175141,952
    #13,887Ruggieri2,174142,017
    #13,893Moberly2,173142,083

    Who is named Sweeting

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

    55% of people named Sweeting identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sweetings

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ryan Sweeting
      American tennis player, born 1987

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Sweeting has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sweeting?
    2,174 people in the United States had the surname Sweeting in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,017 Americans. It ranked 13,887th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sweeting?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Sweeting identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sweeting?
    Ryan Sweeting, American tennis player.
    Where is the surname Sweeting most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sweeting in the United States.
    Is the surname Sweeting getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,174 in 2010, up 8.8%.
    What are other spellings of Sweeting?
    Sweeden and Sweeten.