Shorters Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Shorters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shorters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:7,551,228341,161
England231:2,422,52489,093
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Shorters Last Name Facts

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

Shorters occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shorters? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,168,711th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Shorters occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Shorters live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Shorters is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 7,551,228. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 40 percent reside, California, where 33 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Shorters is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent reside and Scotland, where 7 percent reside.

Shorters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shorters has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 209 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 153 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shorters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shorters last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Shorters earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.4% less than the national average, earning $42,114 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorters9363/
Chorters881/
Scherters821/
Sortors8020/
Sarters8017/
Serters801/
Surters800/
Charters755,055/
Chartters7111/
Charthers711/
Certers670/
Ceurters631/
Sartors5397/

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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 Shorters
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