Sheils Surname
Approximately 2,658 people bear this surname
Sheils Surname Definition:
= Shiels, q.v.
Sheils Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 839 | 1:432,013 | 37,252 |
| Ireland | 754 | 1:6,245 | 955 |
| England | 426 | 1:130,794 | 12,949 |
| Australia | 311 | 1:86,803 | 10,027 |
| Canada | 110 | 1:334,960 | 30,494 |
| Northern Ireland | 87 | 1:21,207 | 2,507 |
| Scotland | 70 | 1:76,483 | 5,732 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,014 | 1:4,369 | 751 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 90 | 1:270,837 | 19,067 |
| Scotland | 83 | 1:45,099 | 3,253 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 98 | 1:512,436 | 35,831 |
Sheils (41) may also be a first name.
Sheils Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Shiels, q.v.
North and South Shields, cos. Northumberland and Durham.
Sheils Demographics
Average Sheils Salary in
United States
$52,728 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheils Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheils Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheils (Marathi: शेईलस) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheils? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 163,411th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,741,740 people. The last name Sheils occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Sheils reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. Sheils is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name Sheils is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 839 people, or 1 in 432,013. In The United States Sheils is most numerous in: New York, where 16 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 28 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.
Sheils Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sheils has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheils last name rose 856 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 26 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 473 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 16 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheils Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sheils surname is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sheils surname are 0.26000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.49% being registered with the party.
The amount Sheils earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 22.2% more than the national average, earning $52,728 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.36% more than the national average, earning $49,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheils Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheils in the Marathi language | ||
| शेईलस | se'ilasa | - |
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Sheils Reference & Research
Shields 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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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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