Shetters Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

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

Shetters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shetters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Shetters Last Name Facts

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

Shetters is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shetters? popularity and diffusion

Shetters is the 1,353,468th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Shetters occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Shetters are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 2,223,674. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 47 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in Syria, where 1 percent are found.

Shetters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shetters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shetters surname expanded 604 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shetters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shetters last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the party.

Shetters earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26% less than the national average, earning $31,931 USD per year.

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Shetters Reference & Research

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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 Shetters
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis