Shortwell Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Shortwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shortwell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Shortwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shortwell is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shortwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Shortwell is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shortwell are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 50 percent live, Georgia, where 25 percent live and Rhode Island, where 25 percent live.

Shortwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shortwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shortwell surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sortwell94186/
Sartwell82725/
Surtwell821/
Sartwelle7839/
Chartwell7818/
Sartwel751/
Zartwell718/
Certwell710/
Sortwile710/
Sartwill710/
Chardwell671/
Cerdwell591/
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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 Shortwell
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis