Shortus Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Shortus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shortus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia411:658,43245,385
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Shortus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shortus is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shortus is the 1,871,545th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Shortus are found; 79 percent are found in Australasia and 79 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Shortus is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 658,432. In Australia Shortus is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 63 percent live, Queensland, where 34 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Not including Australia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 37 percent live and Mongolia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shortuse9328/
Sortus921/
Shorthous880/
Shertus861/
Sorteus860/
Sortu83374/
Shorthouse821,973/
Schortau8016/
Sortui77242/
Sortuj7729/
Sortos779/
Sartus777/
Soortu773/
Chortu772/
Shartu771/
Surtus770/
Chartus7135/
Sartous7123/
Shartau7114/
Shartos714/
Chortou711/
Shartou711/
Sorthou711/
Sertous711/
Schartau67326/
Sartu67300/
Çortu6760/
Schartup6716/
Shartouh6711/
Sahartos674/
Sarthuse672/
Sorthoup670/
Charttus670/
Schartou670/

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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 Shortus
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