Shemmings Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Shemmings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shemmings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:687,87739,238
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Shemmings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shemmings is found most frequently in England. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shemmings.

How Common Is The Last Name Shemmings? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,034,059th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Shemmings occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Shemmings reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widely held in England, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 687,877. In England it is most frequent in: Suffolk, where 47 percent reside, Greater London, where 20 percent reside and Tyne and Wear, where 9 percent reside. Outside of England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 1 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Shemmings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shemmings has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Shemmings last name expanded 368 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Shemmings
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