Shacklady Surname

495,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Shacklady Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Shackerley'; v. Shakerley.' Known in Lancashire as a corruption of the ancient local surname of Shackerley' (Lower). I believe this solution to be the true one. The two surnames have run side by side for many generations.

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Shacklady Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4861:114,64611,731
Australia501:539,91440,287
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Wales271:114,6128,773
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2861:85,2298,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Shacklady Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Shackerley'; v. Shakerley.' Known in Lancashire as a corruption of the ancient local surname of Shackerley' (Lower). I believe this solution to be the true one. The two surnames have run side by side for many generations. Probably Shackerley was originally Shackel-ley, i.e. the field that belonged to Shackel, the first settler (v. Shackel). This would readily corrupt into Shacklady.

1521. John Stokys and Elizabeth Shaklady: Marriage Lic. (London).

Hugh Shakerley, of Liverpool, 1623: Wills at Chester.

Peter Shakerley, 1624: ibid.

Robert Shakelady, of Wrightington, 1630: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) a nickname = lascivus.

Richard Shaklady.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1384.

Rowland Shakelady.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1529.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Shacklady or Shakelady is known in Lancashire as a corruption of Shackerley, a township in the county (L.). The Shakerleys were a gentle family of Standish parish in the reign of Henry VIII. Robert Shakerley held the Clitheroe mills from the Crown in the reign of Edward IV. (W. W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Shacklady Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shacklady occurs most in England. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shacklady.

How Common Is The Last Name Shacklady? popularity and diffusion

Shacklady is the 495,560th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,942,261 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Shacklady reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 77 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Shacklady is most common in England, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 114,646. In England it is most frequent in: Merseyside, where 31 percent live, Lancashire, where 16 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 14 percent live. Beside England it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Shacklady Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shacklady has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Shacklady last name expanded 170 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 538 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shacklady Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Shacklady last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

The amount Shacklady earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 142.64% more than the national average, earning R 576,600 per year; in United States they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $42,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.67% more than the national average, earning $52,004 CAD per year.

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