Sherfield Surname

284,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sherfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sherfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1541:314,08928,734
England1771:314,79123,605
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2351:213,69718,312

Sherfield (35) may also be a first name.

Sherfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sherfield is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sherfield.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 284,447th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,386,213 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Sherfield live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sherfield is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,154 people, or 1 in 314,089. In The United States Sherfield is most common in: Oklahoma, where 12 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Sherfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sherfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sherfield last name increased 491 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 402 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sherfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sherfield surname are 21.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.2% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sherfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 15.74% less than the national average, earning $36,359 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.21% more than the national average, earning $72,147 CAD 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
  • 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 Sherfield
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