Shadrack Surname

20,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Shadrack Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; an imitative corruption of Sheldrake, which see.

Shadrack Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania17,7311:2,986415
Kenya4,5811:10,0811,284
Nigeria2,3631:74,9655,374
Botswana3531:6,1951,016
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
South Africa1441:376,23433,811
England851:655,50738,035
Cameroon451:461,53538,189
United States291:12,498,584473,286
India181:42,614,743461,117
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Trinidad and Tobago141:97,4276,588
Solomon Islands91:64,44812,261
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Panama51:782,45211,059
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Shadrack (164,294) may also be a first name.

Shadrack Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. ; an imitative corruption of Sheldrake, which see.

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

(Semitic) for the Hebrew-Aram. Shadrach [Hebrew Shadhrakh: “The etymology of the name Shadrach is uncertain. Frd. Delitzsch suggests that it is a variant of the Babylonian Šudur-Aku, ‘Command of the Moon-God.’ This view is pronounced by Schrader to have considerable probability.”— Dict. Bible, ed. Hastings, iv. 472] (English) for Sheldrake, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Shadrack Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shadrack (Marathi: शााक) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shadrack? popularity and diffusion

It is the 20,906th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 279,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shadrack live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 6,408th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 164,294 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 17,731 people, or 1 in 2,986. In Tanzania Shadrack is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 18 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 18 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Shadrack Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shadrack has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 293 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 46 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shadrack Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya.

The amount Shadrack earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 34.45% less than the national average, earning R 155,760 per year; in United States they earn 34.53% less than the national average, earning $28,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.99% less than the national average, earning $48,199 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shadrack Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shadrack in the Marathi language
शााकsaaka-

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