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)
- A surname from Old English.
- A community in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sweetland is the 22618th 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.