Shackelford Surname

34,317th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Shackelford Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Shackleford (Surrey) [Old English ford, a ford: the first element (v. under Shackel) prob. denotes that the passage of the ford was facilitated by fixed shackles or staples]

Shackelford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,3281:23,6472,978
Australia271:999,84158,390
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
England91:6,190,895170,599
Wales41:773,63329,106
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Maldives11:404,1727,269
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1931:22,9002,873

Shackelford (12) may also be a first name.

Shackelford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Shackleford (Surrey) [Old English ford, a ford: the first element (v. under Shackel) prob. denotes that the passage of the ford was facilitated by fixed shackles or staples]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Shackleford (Shackel’s ford), in Surrey.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Shackelford Last Name Facts

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

Shackelford is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shackelford? popularity and diffusion

Shackelford is the 34,317th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 471,808 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Shackelford live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread given name on earth, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 15,328 people, or 1 in 23,647. In The United States Shackelford is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent reside, Missouri, where 7 percent reside and North Carolina, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States Shackelford exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Shackelford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shackelford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shackelford surname expanded 699 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shackelford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shackelford last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the political party.

The amount Shackelford earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.11% less than the national average, earning $41,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.3% less than the national average, earning $47,050 CAD per year.

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Shackelford Reference & Research

Shackleford DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Shackleford FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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