Shortread Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Shortread Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shortread Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Shortread Last Name Facts

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

Shortread is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortread? popularity and diffusion

Shortread is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Shortread is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Shortread live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Shortread is most numerous in: East Sussex, where 100 percent reside. Apart from England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Shortread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shortread has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Shortread last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shortreed89560/
Shortreid8919/
Shertrad821/
Shortroe820/
Sortre801/
Shortress7812/
Shortriya782/
Sortras758/
Shortri751/
Shortry750/
Chortra750/
Shortrigge741/
Shartrey712/
Shartrau710/
Chortres710/
Sartre671,406/
Sartra6719/
Sortry671/
Shortrich670/
Chartraud670/

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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 Shortread
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