Shortess Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

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

Shortess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shortess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Shortess Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shortess is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortess? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,333,288th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Shortess are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 2,157,494. In The United States Shortess is primarily found in: Louisiana, where 16 percent are found, Colorado, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found.

Shortess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shortess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shortess surname grew 622 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shortess Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shortess last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.42% registered with the political party.

Shortess earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.62% more than the national average, earning $52,479 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shortes93273/
Shortiss8893/
Shorthes881/
Shourtes880/
Shorte86190/
Sortes86174/
Shorter8013,656/
Shortis80471/
Shortte80216/
Shortie80104/
Shortey8062/
Surtess8014/
Shortys805/
Shortee802/
Sortese801/
Chortes801/
Sortees801/
Shurtes800/
Sorteus800/
Scharteiss780/
Sorte778,697/
Schorter75138/
Schertes7520/
Schortje7515/
Shortiey753/
Shorther752/
Schurtes751/
Chartess750/
Shortter750/
Schortis750/
Shorty711,190/
Sorter71644/
Chorte71175/
Sorthe7196/
Sortet7183/
Sortie7175/
Sortez7174/
Sharte7145/
Sartes7136/
Shorta7133/
Sortey7121/
Shorti7117/
Sortis7112/
Sourte7112/
Sortea7110/
Schärtges7110/
Surtes718/
Sortee718/
Sorteh714/
Shorteeth713/
Sertes713/
Schoorter711/
Shorthead711/
Zortes711/
Sortex711/
Sortep711/
Szorte711/
Sourthese710/
Surtees673,294/
Sortais67557/
Chortis67406/
Scharte67293/
Shourti67110/
Schorta67108/
Sharter6767/
Churtes6758/
Sarthes6744/
Chartes6740/
Sourtis6728/
Shortaj6715/
Sorteix678/
Surties672/
Chorter672/
Shartis672/
Shorthy672/
Chortey672/
Shourty672/
Chortez671/
Chorthe671/
Shoorti671/
Shorrty671/
Shertis671/
Sharrte671/
Sharthe671/
Shartte671/
Shasrte671/
Surtesh671/
Sortice671/
Soorter671/
Certess671/
Shorthi671/
Suirtes671/
Sourter670/
Surtiss670/
Shartey670/
Surteis670/
Shartie670/
Shortip670/
Sertees670/
Sarteis670/
Schorty670/
Shortty670/
Sorther670/

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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 Shortess
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