Shorty Surname

315,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Shorty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shorty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9551:379,53833,538
Israel1081:79,2379,601
Canada401:921,14070,350
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
England121:4,643,172139,951
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Shorty (2,631) may also be a first name.

Shorty Last Name Facts

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

Shorty is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shorty? popularity and diffusion

Shorty is the 315,325th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,123,988 people. Shorty is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Shorty live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shorty is also the 143,212th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 2,631 people.

The last name Shorty is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 955 people, or 1 in 379,538. In The United States Shorty is primarily concentrated in: New Mexico, where 22 percent are found, Arizona, where 22 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Shorty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shorty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shorty surname grew 3,673 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shorty Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Shorty are 16.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Shorty earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning R 157,368 per year; in United States they earn 31.64% less than the national average, earning $29,495 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.19% less than the national average, earning $41,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shortey9262/
Shorthy922/
Shourty922/
Shorrty921/
Schorty920/
Shortty920/
Sorty9133/
Shortiey863/
Sharty83311/
Shorte83190/
Soorty83149/
Sourty83126/
Shorta8333/
Sortey8321/
Shorti8317/
Sortyo835/
Shurty831/
Suorty831/
Sahrty831/
Shorter7713,656/
Saharty77613/
Shortis77471/
Shortes77273/
Shortte77216/
Shourti77110/
Schorta77108/
Shortie77104/
Shortaj7715/
Sharthy773/
Shortee772/
Shartay772/
Chortey772/
Schurty771/
Shoorti771/
Shartiy771/
Shorthi771/
Shartey770/
Shortip770/
Scharty770/
Sorte738,697/
Sorti73940/
Sarty73914/
Sorta73280/
Surty73185/
Sorté731/
Shortess71168/
Schorter71138/
Shortiss7193/
Schortje7115/
Sorthaya7113/
Shorther712/
Shasrthy711/
Shorthes711/
Shortter710/
Schortis710/
Shourtes710/
Sorter67644/
Sartay67334/
Sorthi67305/
Sharta67293/
Sortui67242/
Chorti67217/
Shurte67211/
Chorte67175/
Sortes67174/
Sortiz67146/
Soorti67106/
Sarthy6799/
Sorthe6796/
Sharti6784/
Sortet6783/
Soorta6776/
Shurti6776/
Sortie6775/
Sortez6774/
Sortti6749/
Sortoi6747/
Sharte6745/
Sortha6743/
Sortuj6729/
Sourti6727/
Sartys6727/
Surtay6721/
Saarty6718/
Sartyo6717/
Shurta6716/
Sortis6712/
Sourte6712/
Sourta6712/
Saurty6711/
Surthy6710/
Sortea6710/
Sortee678/
Sasrty674/
Sorteh674/
Shorteeth673/
Suhrti672/
Soerte672/
Çortay672/
Schoorter671/
Shorthead671/
Sortio671/
Siarty671/
Sartoy671/
Chortí671/
Sartty671/
Sortep671/
Szorte671/
Zourty670/

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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 Shorty
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