Shays Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Shays Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 203 | 1:1,785,512 | 117,316 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 60 | 1:836,978 | 51,589 |
Shays (10) may also be a first name.
Shays Demographics
Shays Political Affiliation
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Shays Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shays Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shays (Arabic: شايز, Hindi: शय्स, Russian: Шайс) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shays? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shays is the 1,148,257th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Shays reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 1,785,512. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 9 percent reside, Maryland, where 7 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Shays Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shays has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shays surname grew 338 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shays Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shays surname are 20.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.47% registered to vote for the party.
Shays earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.64% more than the national average, earning $52,054 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shays Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shays in the Hindi language | ||
| शय्स | saysa | - |
| Shays in the Russian language | ||
| Шайс | sajs | - |
| Shays in the Arabic language | ||
| شايز | shayz | - |
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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 Shays
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