Shelmire Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Shelmire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelmire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3161:1,147,02282,337
England81:6,964,757184,742
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Shelmire Last Name Facts

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

Shelmire has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelmire? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 844,382nd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Shelmire live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Shelmire is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 1,147,022. In The United States it is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 32 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 22 percent reside and Texas, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Shelmire is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The Bahamas, where 0 percent reside.

Shelmire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shelmire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shelmire surname increased 395 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shelmire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shelmire surname are 41.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 88.24% being registered to vote for the party.

Shelmire earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.11% less than the national average, earning $40,514 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 Shelmire
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