Shortness Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Shortness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shortness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Shortness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shortness occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortness? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shortness is the 4,908,606th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shortness live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 94 percent live and Kentucky, where 6 percent live.

Shortness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shortness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shortness last name grew 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shortness Last Name Statistics demography

Shortness earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shertness890/
Sortnes8822/
Shortner8234/
Shortnie820/
Shortney820/
Schortner7816/
Chartness780/
Shertniss780/
Sortner754/
Sortney752/
Shartner71245/
Schartne711/
Chartnes710/
Schartner672,917/
Sartner6331/
Šortner6327/
Sartney632/
Shartna631/
Chartner59260/
Chartney5963/
Chartnett561/
Sartni532/
Sartna531/
Šartner509/

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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 Shortness
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