Shapleigh Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shapleigh Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Shipley (pasture for sheep), the name of several places in England.

Shapleigh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3711:976,97872,504
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2261:222,20718,866

Shapleigh (22) may also be a first name.

Shapleigh Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Shipley (pasture for sheep), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(English), Schepleah, Sheep-field., (variant: Eveleth.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Shapleigh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shapleigh is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shapleigh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 757,040th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Shapleigh occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Shapleigh are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.

Shapleigh is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 976,978. In The United States Shapleigh is primarily found in: Missouri, where 19 percent live, Massachusetts, where 17 percent live and Maine, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live.

Shapleigh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shapleigh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shapleigh surname grew 164 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shapleigh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shapleigh surname are 16.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.44% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shapleigh earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.18% more than the national average, earning $46,247 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning $42,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shapligh941/
Shopleigh890/
Shapliegh890/
Shepleigh890/
Sapleg8065/
Saplig8061/
Chaplaigh781/
Saplagh751/
Chaplagh7122/
Schaplik711/
Saplag6733/
Sepleg6717/
Seplig679/
Saplik675/
Saplix671/
Sapligova671/

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Shapleigh Reference & Research

Shapley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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