The Sweat surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,194 people carried this name — #3,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 8,679 in 2000.

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In print

Sweat in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Sweat
The Washington Times 1915-07-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Sweat in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

552 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sweat. The most, 110, date from the 1920s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 175
Queensland 172
New South Wales 109
South Australia 42
Western Australia 31
Tasmania 19
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sweat.

Who carried it

People named Sweat,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo De Medici Sweat
    Lorenzo De Medici Sweat 1818–1898 · lawyer
  • Eddie Sweat
    Eddie Sweat 1939–1998 · groom
  • Ervin Eugene Sweat Jr. d. 2017
  • John B. Sweat 1827–1893 · lawyer
  • Noah S. Sweat 1922–1996 · judge

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sweat,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States402 records

402 records of the Sweat name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 295
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William A. Sweat

    Born 1911 in Florida. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Blanding; salesman from Polk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph V. Sweat

    Born 1930; from Baker County, Georgia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Farby R. Sweat

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Devonia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 40; merchant.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 402 records for Sweat in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Sweat name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Charles Sweat

    Left Hobart Town in 1852 aboard the Macquarie, bound for Port Albert, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Sweat

    Sailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Yarra Yarra I, bound for Launceston.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Sweat in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Sweat name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Lydia Blanche Sweat

    Born 1918 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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