Sheerwood Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Sheerwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheerwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Sheerwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheerwood is found most in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheerwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Sheerwood live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Sheerwood is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States Sheerwood is most frequent in: Florida, where 33 percent are found, New York, where 27 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 40 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Sheerwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sheerwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sheerwood Last Name Statistics demography

Sheerwood earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 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
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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 Sheerwood
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