Shawns Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Shawns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shawns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Shawns (15) may also be a first name.

Shawns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shawns occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shawns? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shawns is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Shawns reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Shawns is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 15 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Shawns is mostly concentrated in: Oklahoma, where 40 percent live, Washington, where 40 percent live and Indiana, where 20 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Shawns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shawns has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sawns910/
Showns8318/
Sawins836/
Chawns830/
Sauwens77288/
Showens7782/
Shabins770/
Sowns730/
Sabins67632/
Chowns67388/
Sabens67259/
Sowins6726/
Sewins677/
Sawims672/
Shavnz671/
Seavns671/
Sewens670/
Saubens6277/
Souwens6263/
Chowins6255/
Seavens621/
Chouwns620/
Shobins620/
Zowns550/
Scheyvens5327/
Sawinzowa531/
Scheijvens5092/
Zabins5034/
Sowinz507/
Sobins503/
Sobens501/
Ceavns501/

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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 Shawns
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