How common is the last name Sweeney?

50,370 people in the United States have the last name Sweeney, about 1 in 5,934. It ranks #660 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SWEENEY

#660

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
50,370
About
1 in 5,934
This common or more
35%
Who bears it

Of the 50,370 people with the last name Sweeney, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as Black and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sweeney

#658 Farrell · 50,453#659 Tapia · 50,410#661 Abbott · 50,148#662 Wyatt · 50,142

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sweeney, most common first.

#7,207 Swinney · 4,467#8,096 Swaney · 3,919#13,182 Swiney · 2,222#13,977 Sweeny · 2,066#37,075 Sweany · 647#41,826 Sweaney · 560#45,303 Sween · 509#50,816 Sweney · 444

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