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    The surname Sweetser

    A surname, carried by 1,097 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S326

    Sweetser: #23,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sweetser #23,238, 1,097 people Sweetser: #23,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sweetser #23,238, 1,097 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweetser is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,097 people named Sweetser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,445 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,047.

    #23,238
    rank among US surnames
    1,097
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,833)

    Who is named Sweetser

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

    94% of people named Sweetser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sweetser

    Sweetser has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sweetser?
    1,097 people in the United States had the surname Sweetser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,445 Americans. It ranked 23,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sweetser?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sweetser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sweetser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,097 in 2010, up 4.8%.