Sharkness Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

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

Sharkness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sharkness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Sharkness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sharkness occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sharkness click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharkness? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sharkness is the 3,882,373rd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sharkness live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States Sharkness is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 58 percent live, New York, where 19 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live.

Sharkness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sharkness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sharkness last name rose 289 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sharkness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sharkness surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

Sharkness earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.78% more than the national average, earning $52,545 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sherkness8948/
Sorkness82189/
Sharknis824/
Sherknies781/
Sorknes75146/
Sharkna751/
Sherknis7110/
Serknis633/
Sarknay631/
Sorkner631/

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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 Sharkness
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