Shireley Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

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

Shireley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shireley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:11,692,224454,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Shireley (84) may also be a first name.

Shireley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shireley is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shireley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shireley is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Shireley is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shireley reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 84 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 11,692,224. In The United States it is most common in: Indiana, where 48 percent live, North Dakota, where 16 percent live and Colorado, where 13 percent live.

Shireley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shireley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shireley surname decreased 11 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shireley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Shireley are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.

Shireley earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.06% less than the national average, earning $30,612 USD 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 Shireley
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