Sheircliffe Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Sheircliffe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sheircliffe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Sheircliffe Demographics

Sheircliffe Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 12 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Sheircliffe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sheircliffe is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheircliffe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Sheircliffe occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sheircliffe live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

Sheircliffe is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England Sheircliffe is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 67 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 33 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Scotland, where 10 percent are found.

Sheircliffe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shircliffe95110/
Shercliffe9514/
Sheircliff9512/
Shirtcliffe91439/
Shircliff90464/
Shercliff9055/
Shirkliffe860/
Shircliffs860/
Schircliff860/
Sertcliffe860/
Shirclif844/
Sherkliff809/
Chircliff800/
Shirkliff800/
Shirklifft760/
Sercklew632/
Serklew566/
Serclova532/
Saurslifa501/
Saurslifi501/
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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 Sheircliffe
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