Shirlen Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

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

Shirlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Shirlen (728) may also be a first name.

Shirlen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shirlen is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirlen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,459,453rd most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Shirlen are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 305,710th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 728 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 2,534,678. In The United States Shirlen is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 46 percent live, Michigan, where 12 percent live and Virginia, where 10 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Shirlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shirlen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shirlen last name grew 7,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shirlen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shirlen last name are 27.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.19% registered to vote for the political party.

Shirlen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.39% less than the national average, earning $32,623 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 Shirlen
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