Sweeny is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sweeny
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sweeny

How popular is Sweeny?

Sweeny is common in United States.

Sweeny is ranked 96185 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sweeny bearers increased by 2.905074 per cent in 2010 US census to 2515 since 2000, the surname slipped by 625 spots and ranked at 12362. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.34 90.34
Black 5.13 5.56
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 2.17
Others 1.47 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.83 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76 0.53
Sweeny is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 4397 people have been found who wears Sweeny as their family name. Sweeny is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
121,340 Spain4
78,945 Argentina3
184,212 France3
1,777 Jersey2
18,718 Thailand2
147,165 Czech Republic2
82,478 South Africa2
21,529 Singapore2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
91,784 Netherlands2
8,430 Northern Ireland1
10,683 Cyprus1
799 British Virgin Islands1
53,033 Nigeria1
17,575 Kuwait1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,704,541 India1
25,721 Egypt1
2,078 Lesotho1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
16,640 Hong Kong1
29,046 Japan1
8,268 Mauritius1
81,201 Switzerland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,564 New Zealand50
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,257 Wales68
Countries with hundreds of Sweeny:
6,777 Australia425
18,573 England290
16,687 Canada220
71,225 Germany134
3,199 Ireland126
5,046 Scotland112
Countries with thousands of Sweeny:
12,120 United States2,923
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Sweeny worked as workman and hailed from Limerick, Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for Pennsylvania from Liverpool on Virginian and arrived on May 15, 1846. Maid Catherine Sweeny, Thomas Sweeny (24) Workman, 22 years old Biddy Sweeny, 29 years old Patt Sweeny, Sarah Sweeny, aged 36, 22 years old Thomas Sweeny, Farmer Mary Sweeny, Farmer Owen Sweeny, and 388 other Sweeny around 54.55% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, gardner/grower, spinster, carpenter, joiner, tailoress, migrated to US.

From Italy

Julia Sweeny was 40 years old when she migrated to Chicago on August 15, 1883. She lived in Italy where she worked as proprietor and took Burgundia from Naples.

Sweeny Namesakes

  • Alastair Sweeny, Historian
  • Conan Sweeny, Actor

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