Shapcott Surname

337,747th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Shapcott Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Sheepcote [Old English sc(e)áp + cot]

Shapcott Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4051:137,57513,447
Australia2541:106,28211,916
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
Canada1321:279,13326,131
New Zealand881:51,4588,272
Wales531:58,3875,284
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Finland61:916,11741,832
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3481:70,0447,858
Wales251:62,7373,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Shapcott Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Sheepcote [Old English sc(e)áp + cot]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sheep-cote. The name of an estate, the locality of which I do not know.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Shapcott Last Name Facts

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

Shapcott is found most in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shapcott? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shapcott is the 337,747th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,685,822 people. The last name Shapcott occurs predominantly in Europe, where 43 percent of Shapcott are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 42 percent are found in British Isles.

Shapcott is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 137,575. In England Shapcott is most frequent in: Greater London, where 13 percent reside, Devon, where 10 percent reside and City of Bristol, where 9 percent reside. Excluding England it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Shapcott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shapcott has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 623 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 212 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shapcott Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Shapcott surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Shapcott last name are 36.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.86% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shapcott earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.56% less than the national average, earning R 146,016 per year; in United States they earn 0.03% less than the national average, earning $43,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $54,238 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shapcotte9422/
Shapcot931/
Shepcott882/
Shopcott881/
Shapcoth880/
Shapcote880/
Shhopcott821/
Schapcote820/
Sapcote8064/
Sapcutt8010/
Sapco7751/
Shapko711,376/
Siapco71821/
Sapkot71187/
Sapcut7126/
Chapco7110/
Sepcot717/
Shabco711/
Schapko6712/
Sapkoet675/
Sapkote672/
Sapkhot671/
Sapchat671/
Shapqat671/

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