Sharper Surname
Approximately 1,389 people bear this surname
Sharper Surname Definition:
Andrew Sharper, resident in the parish of Senneck, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 569). Elspeth Sharper in Kirkcudbright, 1689 (ibid., XIV, p. 758). James Sharper in Creochs of Nether Sennick, 1720 (Kirkcudbright).
Sharper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,153 | 1:314,362 | 28,754 |
| Israel | 60 | 1:142,627 | 15,171 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Guyana | 34 | 1:22,418 | 2,700 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 55 | 1:443,189 | 25,511 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 308 | 1:163,048 | 14,833 |
Sharper (24) may also be a first name.
Sharper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Andrew Sharper, resident in the parish of Senneck, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 569). Elspeth Sharper in Kirkcudbright, 1689 (ibid., XIV, p. 758). James Sharper in Creochs of Nether Sennick, 1720 (Kirkcudbright).
Sharper Demographics
Average Male Sharper Height
176.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sharper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sharper occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharper? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sharper is the 278,560th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,246,613 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Sharper live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sharper is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,153 people, or 1 in 314,362. In The United States it is most frequent in: South Carolina, where 14 percent are found, Louisiana, where 11 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Sharper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sharper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sharper surname grew 374 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sharper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sharper are 5.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.89% registered with the party.
The amount Sharper earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 0.18% more than the national average, earning R 238,068 per year; in United States they earn 24.36% less than the national average, earning $32,636 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.79% less than the national average, earning $28,424 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sharper
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis