O'Shields Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
O'Shields Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 451 | 1:803,678 | 61,918 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 71 | 1:707,305 | 45,577 |
O'Shields Demographics
Average O'Shields Salary in
United States
$55,211 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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O'Shields Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O'Shields Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name O'Shields is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Shields? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 664,903rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of O'Shields live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 803,678. In The United States it is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 37 percent reside, Georgia, where 12 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside.
O'Shields Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of O'Shields has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the O'Shields surname increased 635 percent between 1880 and 2014.
O'Shields Last Name Statistics demography
O'Shields earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.95% more than the national average, earning $55,211 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oshields | 94 | 1,636 | / |
| O'Shield | 94 | 16 | / |
| O'Sheilds | 89 | 8 | / |
| Oishields | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oshieldss | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oshield | 88 | 43 | / |
| Osields | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oshelds | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oshilds | 88 | 0 | / |
| Osheilds | 82 | 54 | / |
| Hoshield | 82 | 26 | / |
| Oshieldt | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ochields | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oshealds | 82 | 0 | / |
| Ashield | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oshulds | 75 | 0 | / |
| Housechilds | 70 | 0 | / |
| O'Shoults | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hatshield | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osyild | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hauschield | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ashjeld | 63 | 0 | / |
| Hauschieldt | 60 | 0 | / |
| Hatsield | 59 | 15 | / |
| O'Schulz | 59 | 4 | / |
| Hadsield | 59 | 1 | / |
| O'Schultz | 56 | 1 | / |
| Hausehild | 56 | 1 | / |
| Hausehildt | 53 | 2 | / |
| Oysgelt | 50 | 5 | / |
| Osylets | 50 | 3 | / |
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O'Shields 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 O'Shields
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis