Sheffard Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sheffard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Sheffard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheffard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheffard has its highest incidence in Israel. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheffard? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Sheffard are found; 60 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.
The last name Sheffard is most common in Israel, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,426,272. In Israel it is primarily concentrated in: Haifa District, where 33 percent are found, Jerusalem District, where 33 percent are found and Central District, where 17 percent are found. Not including Israel it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.
Sheffard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheffard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheffard surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 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 Sheffard
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