Sweetland

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Swetland

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English swēte (“sweet”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Sweetland (plural Sweetlands)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A community in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sweetland is the 22618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1135 individuals. Sweetland is most common among White (89.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sweetland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.