Coleshaw Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Coleshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coleshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:1,857,26974,552
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Coleshaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coleshaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Coleshaw occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Coleshaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Coleshaw are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.

Coleshaw is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,857,269. In England it is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 53 percent live, Cheshire, where 20 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 10 percent live. Outside of England this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.

Coleshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Coleshaw has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Coleshaw last name rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Coleshaw Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Coleshaw earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 18.6% less than the national average, earning R 193,428 per year and in Canada they earn 4.02% less than the national average, earning $47,686 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coleshaw
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