Shawforth Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Shawforth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
Shawforth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawforth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shawforth is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawforth? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Shawforth occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Shawforth live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
The surname Shawforth is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 2,321,586. In England Shawforth is primarily found in: Lancashire, where 63 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live and Merseyside, where 4 percent live.
Shawforth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shawforth has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 218 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
- 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 Shawforth
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