Shalliday Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Wales

Shalliday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shalliday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Wales41:773,63329,106
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland181:207,9567,652

Shalliday Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shalliday is borne by more people in Scotland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shalliday? popularity and diffusion

Shalliday is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Shalliday live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland it is mostly found in: East Lothian, where 50 percent live, City of Edinburgh, where 17 percent live and Glasgow City, where 17 percent live. Outside of Scotland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 33 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Shalliday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shalliday has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Shalliday
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