Shirlyn Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Singapore

Shirlyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirlyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Shirlyn (3,420) may also be a first name.

Shirlyn Last Name Facts

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

Shirlyn occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirlyn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Shirlyn live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shirlyn is also the 121,703rd most widely held forename on earth, borne by 3,420 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 75 percent reside and North Carolina, where 25 percent reside. Aside from The United States Shirlyn occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 33 percent reside and Kenya, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Shirlyn
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis