Deshields Surname

140,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Deshields Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deshields Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0861:117,45312,647
Bermuda701:933148
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:290,28123,212

Deshields (11) may also be a first name.

Deshields Last Name Facts

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

Deshields is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Deshields? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 140,486th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,293,845 people. Deshields occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Deshields are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

The last name Deshields is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,086 people, or 1 in 117,453. In The United States Deshields is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 18 percent live, New Jersey, where 6 percent live and Delaware, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Bermuda, where 2 percent live and Jamaica, where 0 percent live.

Deshields Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Deshields has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Deshields surname grew 1,784 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Deshields Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Deshields are 6.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.65% being registered to vote for the political party.

Deshields earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.33% less than the national average, earning $39,123 USD per year.

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Deshields Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Deshields
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis