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 last name Shemmings is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shemmings click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shemmings? popularity and diffusion

Shemmings is the 2,034,059th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname Shemmings is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Shemmings live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

Shemmings is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 687,877. In England Shemmings is most common in: Suffolk, where 47 percent live, Greater London, where 20 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 9 percent live. Beside England Shemmings is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 1 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Shemmings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shemmings has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Shemmings surname 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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