Shirland Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Shirland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:2,995,528175,060
England141:3,979,861125,553
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

Shirland (202) may also be a first name.

Shirland Last Name Facts

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

Shirland is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shirland.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirland? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,434,893rd most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Shirland live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shirland is also the 637,340th most common given name globally. It is borne by 202 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 2,995,528. In The United States it is most numerous in: Maine, where 25 percent live, Maryland, where 14 percent live and North Carolina, where 13 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Jamaica, where 7 percent live.

Shirland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shirland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shirland last name increased 220 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shirland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shirland last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.

Shirland earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,913 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 Shirland
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