Shirby Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Qatar

Shirby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Shirby (92) may also be a first name.

Shirby Last Name Facts

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

Shirby is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,544,715th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. Shirby is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Shirby are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 91 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Shirby is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 92 people.

The surname Shirby is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Beside Egypt it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 7 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Shirby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shirby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shirbay92167/
Sirby917/
Shirbhay862/
Sherby831,202/
Chirby8339/
Shirbe836/
Shirba835/
Shirbi832/
Seirby831/
Sireby831/
Shirvy831/
Shurby831/
Sirbay831/
Shirbhaya801/
Shirbeh7790/
Schirba7761/
Scherby7752/
Shirbee7742/
Shirvey7729/
Sherbay7725/
Shairba776/
Sherbey776/
Shirway774/
Shirber773/
Schirbe772/
Shirbhe772/
Shirbai771/
Shirvay771/
Shearby770/
Sherboy770/
Serby73305/
Sirbe73196/
Sirba7383/
Surby7369/
Sirbi7369/
Cirby7318/
Sirvy7314/
Zirby731/
Schirber71218/
Scherbey7130/
Shirbish7125/
Scherbiy7118/
Shcherby714/
Shirvays712/
Shirbaha711/
Schurbey710/
Scherbay710/
Shirwa671,887/
Sherba671,347/
Searby67975/
Shcherbyi67809/
Sherbi67646/
Surbey67316/
Surbay67279/
Shurbi67192/
Serbiy67176/
Serbay67168/
Shirva67136/
Shirvi67123/
Sirbea6784/
Sierba6774/
Shcherbiy6765/
Sirbie6743/
Cherby6736/
Shyrba6734/
Shirve6731/
Sirvys6728/
Serbuy6727/
Serbyi6725/
Sirebe6721/
Shirui6720/
Serbey6717/
Syrbay6715/
Serrby6712/
Shyrbi679/
Shervy678/
Scirba677/
Syrboy676/
Sirvoy676/
Szirba675/
Shcherbey674/
Serbys674/
Chirbi673/
Siervy672/
Sherbhaya672/
Sirbai672/
Shirue672/
Cirbey671/
Surboy671/
Şirbay671/
Sirbić671/
Sirvay671/
Sirbet671/
Sierbe670/
Sirber670/
Sherbe670/
Schirbitz670/

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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 Shirby
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