de Shield Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

de Shield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Shield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

de Shield Last Name Facts

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

de Shield is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Shield? popularity and diffusion

de Shield is the 5,057,639th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of de Shield are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in Canada, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,834,276. In Canada it is most common in: Ontario, where 62 percent live, British Columbia, where 31 percent live and Alberta, where 8 percent live. Other than Canada it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

de Shield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Shield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Shield Last Name Statistics demography

de Shield earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.71% more than the national average, earning $50,035 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 de Shield
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