Shallow Surname

185,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Shallow Surname Definition:

Ó Sealbhaigh The name of this Corca Laoidhe sept has often been changed to the English name Shelley. MIF 215; Map Cork

Shallow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0551:343,56330,894
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4631:24340
Canada2441:151,00715,383
England2311:241,20419,754
Trinidad and Tobago1111:12,2881,647
Ireland821:57,4263,925
Barbados231:12,498851
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1171:37,8623,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:460,72233,053

Shallow (119) may also be a first name.

Shallow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Sealbhaigh The name of this Corca Laoidhe sept has often been changed to the English name Shelley. MIF 215; Map Cork

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Sealbhaigh The name of this Corca Laoidhe sept has often been changed to the English name Shelley. MIF 215; Map Cork

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

A fordable place in a river. The name ranks therefore with Ford, and has no connection with what was in Shakspeare's mind when he introduced the well-known Justice that bore "the dozen white louses" in his "old coat."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Shallow Last Name Facts

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

Shallow is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shallow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 185,182nd most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,183,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Shallow live; 57 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shallow is also the 856,040th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 119 people.

The surname Shallow is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,055 people, or 1 in 343,563. In The United States Shallow is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 17 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States Shallow is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.

Shallow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shallow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shallow last name increased 968 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 502 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 30 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shallow Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Shallow are 21.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.25% registered with the political party.

The amount Shallow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.27% more than the national average, earning $44,129 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.38% less than the national average, earning $47,011 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schallow9380/
Shallowe9312/
Shallows932/
Shalow92271/
Sallow9265/
Sallows862,198/
Schalow861,250/
Shellow86161/
Shalowa86107/
Sahalow869/
Challow864/
Shailow862/
Shaelow862/
Shallof862/
Shatlow861/
Shaalow861/
Shollow860/
Salow831,299/
Shallouf8046/
Schaelow8021/
Shalloev8015/
Chaillow801/
Shalloub801/
Shaaloow801/
Shalloof801/
Shalov77956/
Saelow77531/
Shelow77191/
Sallaw77173/
Salowa7792/
Salowe7775/
Satlow7766/
Szalow7765/
Chalow7758/
Shalof7733/
Sollow7727/
Sialow7720/
Sallov7719/
Salouw7719/
Sealow7712/
Zallow776/
Sholow773/
Saylow772/
Sehlow772/
Saalow772/
Shalaw772/
Sohlow771/
Sailow771/
Saliow771/
Shallhoob751/
Shallooff751/
Shallhoub751/
Shalouf712,657/
Shalova711,041/
Sailowa71690/
Shaulov71458/
Salloub71426/
Shalluf71324/
Sallova71152/
Shalyov71112/
Shatlov7169/
Shotlow7168/
Shaloub7157/
Sahalov7135/
Shatlaw7124/
Siehlow7124/
Shaloob7122/
Shailov7113/
Schälow7113/
Shaloff7112/
Saeliow719/
Sallyov718/
Chaslow718/
Shalhov718/
Sallouf718/
Shalhob717/
Shaloof715/
Shaalov714/
Shaylov713/
Shaloev713/
Challov713/
Scholow712/
Szaslow712/
Sallawe712/
Schalov712/
Shaulof712/
Shahlov712/
Saeloiw711/
Chollow711/
Siaalow711/
Sallauw711/
Shaluof711/
Saallaw711/
Chealow711/
Shallaf711/
Saliowe711/
Saelowh711/
Shallab711/
Chaliow711/
Shehlow710/
Schelow710/
Seatlow710/
Schalof710/
Shalhoub6711,741/
Salov676,623/
Salaw671,277/
Solow67914/
Shalhoob67356/
Shaulova67323/
Selow6775/
Challouf6766/
Shahalov6749/
Sahalova6739/
Salob6724/
Shailova6721/
Shauloff6716/
Salof6714/
Sallhoff6713/
Schaloff6712/
Saluw6712/
Schaulov6710/
Shelloff679/
Shahloub679/
Shaalova678/
Shayloev674/
Shaylova674/
Shagliov673/
Shahylov673/
Shallaft672/
Shaloufe672/
Shalgova671/
Shelloof671/
Shalhuob671/
Shaliova671/
Schalova671/
Schaloub671/
Shahlova671/
Shaloofs671/

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