Shortley Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Shortley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shortley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
England431:1,295,76958,667
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Shortley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shortley is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,055,483rd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The last name Shortley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Shortley live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Shortley is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 1,959,237. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 17 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and Maryland, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Shortley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shortley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shortley surname grew 474 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 215 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shortley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shortley surname are 19.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.85% registered to vote for the party.

Shortley earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.93% more than the national average, earning $46,139 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shortle93314/
Shortly9340/
Shortles8866/
Shorttle8825/
Shortlee881/
Shartley881/
Shortelle8231/
Shortless820/
Shartle80380/
Shertle801/
Shortla801/
Shortli801/
Surtley800/
Shertly800/
Schortelle780/
Schorttler780/
Schertle75148/
Sortelle7544/
Chartley7536/
Schartle7523/
Scertley752/
Shurttle751/
Schärtle751/
Hzartley751/
Shartles750/
Sertle7125/
Shurtless7115/
Shurtlett712/
Shortliss711/
Zortly710/
Scherttle710/
Sartle710/
Sartler6729/
Siertle6710/
Sörtler671/

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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 Shortley
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