de Shields Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

de Shields Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Shields Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Aruba11:103,4772,586
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

de Shields Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Shields is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,955,159th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of de Shields reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname de Shields is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 31 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and New Jersey, where 14 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Bermuda, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

de Shields Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Shields has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Shields Last Name Statistics demography

de Shields earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.88% less than the national average, earning $33,275 USD 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 Shields
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