Shirreffs Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Shirreffs Surname Definition:

Offic. 'the Sheriff'; v. Shreeve.

Robert le Shirreve, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Lena le Shireve, Suffolk, ibid.

John Schiref, Northumberland, ibid.

Thomas Shurreve, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Shirreffs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:2,024,910129,652
Scotland891:60,1554,924
England811:687,87739,238
Canada441:837,40065,151
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland671:55,8693,649

Shirreffs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Offic. 'the Sheriff'; v. Shreeve.

Robert le Shirreve, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Lena le Shireve, Suffolk, ibid.

John Schiref, Northumberland, ibid.

Thomas Shurreve, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Johannes Schyref, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.'

Thomas le Shirreve. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

1786. Married — Alex. Sherriff and Mary Chilcott: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the office of shire-reeve, from Old English scir(ge)rëfa. Robert Schirraff recorded in Aberdeen, 1398 (CRA., p. 373) is probably Robertus Schirafe, juror on inquisition there in 1400 (REA., I, p. 202). Andrew Shinefs published his Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Edinburgh, 1790. Shiref 1634, Shirefe 1656, Sirreff 1688. The forms with -s may be genitive = Sheriff's son.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

From the office, Anglo-Saxon scir-gerefa, i.e., "shire-reeve." The Domesday equivalent is vicecomes, which implies the deputy or substitute of a count, whose jurisdiction extended over a shire or county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Shirreffs Last Name Facts

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

Shirreffs occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shirreffs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirreffs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 662,685th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname Shirreffs is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Shirreffs reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 2,024,910. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 28 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and Florida, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 20 percent are found and England, where 18 percent are found.

Shirreffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shirreffs has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Shirreffs surname expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shirreffs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shirreffs surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shirreffs earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 23.46% more than the national average, earning $53,272 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.88% more than the national average, earning $51,113 CAD per year.

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