Shemelds Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Shemelds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shemelds 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
England81:6,964,757184,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Shemelds Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shemelds has its highest incidence in England. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Shemelds click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shemelds? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shemelds is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Shemelds occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Shemelds live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Shemelds is most common in: Nottinghamshire, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 11 percent reside.

Shemelds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shemelds has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Shemelds surname contracted 47 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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
Shemmelds948/
Shemields940/
Shemeld93236/
Shemmeld8848/
Shimelds881/
Shemld861/
Shemeltst821/
Shimeld80129/
Shimield753/
Schimeld750/
Schemelt750/
Shimmeld750/
Shimmield7122/
Semlts710/
Shemilt67785/
Shimelt6714/
Chemled671/
Schemlz671/
Samelts670/
Shimild670/
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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 Shemelds
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