Shildes Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Shildes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shildes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Shildes (16) may also be a first name.

Shildes Last Name Facts

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

Shildes is borne by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shildes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shildes? popularity and diffusion

Shildes is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Shildes are found; 93 percent are found in South America and 93 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Shildes is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread forename in the world, borne by 16 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Venezuela, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,157,434. In Venezuela Shildes is most frequent in: Delta Amacuro, where 79 percent are found, Bolívar, where 7 percent are found and Miranda, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Venezuela this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found.

Shildes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Shildes
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