Shireby Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Shireby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shireby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Shireby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shireby is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shireby? popularity and diffusion

Shireby is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Shireby reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Shireby is mostly concentrated in: Kent, where 63 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 25 percent live and Lincolnshire, where 6 percent live. Apart from England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent live.

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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 Shireby
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