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

The last name Deshields is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Deshields? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 140,486th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,293,845 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Deshields reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Deshields is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 11 people.

The last name Deshields is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 3,086 people, or 1 in 117,453. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, New Jersey, where 6 percent reside and Delaware, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Bermuda, where 2 percent reside and Jamaica, where 0 percent reside.

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 increased 1,784 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Deshields Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Deshields last name are 6.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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