Shore Surname
Approximately 26,738 people bear this surname
Shore Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the shore,' from residence beside the sea; compare Sands or Sandys.
Adam de Schore, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schore, 1379: ibid.
1655. Baptised — John, a.
Read More About This SurnameShore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,157 | 1:23,914 | 3,010 |
| England | 4,968 | 1:11,215 | 1,663 |
| Canada | 1,884 | 1:19,557 | 2,727 |
| Australia | 1,663 | 1:16,233 | 2,300 |
| New Zealand | 539 | 1:8,401 | 1,444 |
| Iran | 488 | 1:157,341 | 13,648 |
| Wales | 226 | 1:13,693 | 1,500 |
| Ireland | 173 | 1:27,219 | 2,505 |
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| Albania | 155 | 1:18,800 | 3,257 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Israel | 118 | 1:72,522 | 8,891 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Scotland | 89 | 1:60,155 | 4,924 |
| Northern Ireland | 46 | 1:40,109 | 3,723 |
| China | 33 | 1:41,433,987 | 2,228 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Greece | 29 | 1:382,062 | 51,720 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Isle of Man | 17 | 1:5,048 | 1,065 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 129 | 1:34,340 | 3,302 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,108 | 1:7,843 | 1,198 |
| Scotland | 67 | 1:55,869 | 3,649 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:33,371 | 1,813 |
| Guernsey | 11 | 1:2,969 | 521 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,543 | 1:32,546 | 3,919 |
The alternate forms: Shoré (1) are calculated separately.
Shore (512) may also be a first name.
Shore Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the shore,' from residence beside the sea; compare Sands or Sandys.
Adam de Schore, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Schore, 1379: ibid.
1655. Baptised — John, a. John Shore: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1768. Married — Joseph Shore and Deborah Lebarre: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) Dweller at the Shore or Strand [Middle English schore; prob. from Old English sc(e)orian, to project] (Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at the Sewer or Drain [Old French sewiere, a sluice, channel; essouere, a drain, ditch] Robert del Shore.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1374.
(Eng, Hebrew, German) Dweller at the shore; dweller at the sign of the bullock; a name possibly adopted by people named Joseph in response to Deut. 33:17 where Joseph is likened to a young bullock.
The sea-side, or the margin of a river or lake.
Or D’Escures, a branch of the house of Falaise or De Molines (see Molyns). The estate of Escures belonged to Alan de Escures or Falaise t. Henry I. (MSAN, viii. 428, Rot. Pip. 31 Hen. I.). He was son of Alured de Falaise, of York t. William I. (Burton, Mon. Ebor. 340), and ancestor of William de Scures of York 1165 (Lib. Niger). The name changed gradually to Scurs, Schur, Schor, Scor, Skewers, Scunes, Skiers, Skurer, Schures, &c. A branch became seated in Derby, of which was Robert Shore, one of the gentlemen of that county 1433, ancestor of the eminent Governor-General of India, Sir John Shore, first Lord Teignmouth.
Gerold, Alan, German le Sor, Norm. 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Elena le Sore, William le Sour, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Shore: have furnished names to those dwelling by the sea.
George Shore was one of the Royalist delinquents of Macclesfield who were fined or had their properties sequestrated in the time of Cromwell (E.).
Shore Demographics
Average Shore Salary in
United States
$45,851 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shore Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shore (Arabic: شور, Hindi: शोरे, Marathi: शोरे, Russian: Шорэ, Tibetan: ཤོར་) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Shoré. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shore? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,449th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 272,554 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Shore reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Shore is also the 373,684th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 512 people.
Shore is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 15,157 people, or 1 in 23,914. In The United States Shore is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 90 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Shore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shore surname increased 982 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 481 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 134 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shore Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (64%) in Ireland and Christian (60%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Shore surname are 38.28% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.51% registered with the party.
The amount Shore earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.58% more than the national average, earning R 464,772 per year; in United States they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $45,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.39% more than the national average, earning $58,322 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shore Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shore in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤོར་ | shor | - |
| Shore in the Hindi language | ||
| शोरे | sore | - |
| Shore in the Marathi language | ||
| शोरे | sore | 91.67 |
| शोर | sora | 4.17 |
| थोरे | thore | 4.17 |
| Shore in the Russian language | ||
| Шорэ | sore | - |
| Shore in the Arabic language | ||
| شور | shwr | - |
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