Sheffield Surname
Approximately 30,386 people bear this surname
Sheffield Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sheffield,' the well-known town in Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schefeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schefeld, 1379: ibid.
Agnes Shefeld, 1564: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
Read More About This SurnameSheffield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,432 | 1:14,252 | 1,780 |
| England | 2,557 | 1:21,790 | 3,058 |
| Canada | 879 | 1:41,918 | 5,214 |
| Australia | 607 | 1:44,474 | 5,606 |
| New Zealand | 304 | 1:14,896 | 2,609 |
| Argentina | 115 | 1:371,682 | 28,832 |
| Scotland | 78 | 1:68,639 | 5,330 |
| South Africa | 67 | 1:808,622 | 54,680 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:65,841 | 5,810 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Costa Rica | 16 | 1:298,754 | 3,169 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 47 | 1:94,252 | 6,181 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,558 | 1:15,645 | 2,311 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,028 | 1:16,585 | 2,120 |
Sheffield (336) may also be a first name.
Sheffield Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sheffield,' the well-known town in Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schefeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schefeld, 1379: ibid.
Agnes Shefeld, 1564: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
1601. Baptised — Matthew, s. of Nathaniell Sheffeild: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(English) belonging to Sheffield (Yorks), 14th cent. Sheffeld, Schefeld, Domesday Scafeld [Sheffield is on the R. Sheaf; but the river-name is prob. from the place- name, the first element of which may be the Old English scáf, crooked, if not Old English sc(e)aga, a wood; the second being Middle English 0.E. feld, a field, plain] Will’us de Sheffeld (Yorks).—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1307-8.
Sheffield Park, Sussex, is the seat of the Earl of Sheffield, and therefore apparently owes its name to the Yorks town.
(English) One who came from Sheffield (sheep field), the name of several towns in England.
A town in Yorkshire. The Sheffields, extinct Dukes of Buckingham, attained importance as early as the reign of Henry II. The first recorded ancestor is Sir Robert de Sheffield.
User-submitted Reference
(English) The Sheffield surname comes from the name of a large town in Yorkshire, meaning 'fields by the river Sheaf'.
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Average Sheffield Salary in
United States
$41,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheffield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheffield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheffield (Arabic: شفلد) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sheffield click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheffield? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheffield is the 18,158th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 239,832 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Sheffield are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sheffield is also the 477,199th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 336 people.
Sheffield is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 25,432 people, or 1 in 14,252. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 17 percent live, Georgia, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 63 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Sheffield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheffield has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 840 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 780 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 940 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 64 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sheffield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sheffield surname is principally Catholic (68%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sheffield surname are 18.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.65% being registered with the party.
The amount Sheffield earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.87% more than the national average, earning R 318,120 per year; in United States they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $41,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.29% less than the national average, earning $49,540 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheffield Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield in the Arabic language | ||
| شفلد | shfld | - |
| شفيلد | shfyld | - |
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Sheffield Reference & Research
Sheffield One-name Study - A profile of the Sheffield surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
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Sheffields_of_VA/NC FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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