Sheaffers Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Sheaffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheaffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Sheaffers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheaffers is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheaffers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Sheaffers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sheaffers are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 43 percent live, Florida, where 43 percent live and Louisiana, where 14 percent live.

Sheaffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sheaffers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheaffers last name decreased 22 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sheaffers Last Name Statistics demography

Sheaffers earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 87.78% less than the national average, earning $5,271 USD per year.

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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 Sheaffers
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