Sweet Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Sweet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sweet family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 601
Agricultural Labourer 57
Domestic Servant 29
General Servant 26
Labourer 26
Dress Maker 24
Laundress 22
General Labourer 19
Coal Miner 18
Farm Labourer 18
Shoe Maker 13
Annuitant 12
Carpenter 12
Farmers Son 12
No Occupation 11
None 10
Sail Cloth Weaver 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Charwoman 9
Blacksmith 8
Stone Mason 8
Boot Maker 7
Servant 7
Stay Maker 6
Butcher 6

Sweet Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sweet 100% 19,559
2 Swait 60% 238
3 Sweett 83% 231
4 Swett 80% 164
5 Sewett 67% 158
6 Swaite 50% 112
7 Sweat 80% 106

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The surname Sweet is the most popular version of all its varients

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