Shows Surname

120,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,789 people bear this surname

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

Shows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6231:100,04411,111
Israel501:171,15317,369
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
India61:127,844,230863,365
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
England51:11,143,612252,590
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2121:236,88119,844

Shows (61) may also be a first name.

Shows Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shows is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shows? popularity and diffusion

It is the 120,940th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,923,343 people. The last name Shows occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Shows reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 61 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,623 people, or 1 in 100,044. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Mississippi, where 34 percent are found, Texas, where 16 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The United States it is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Shows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shows has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shows surname expanded 1,709 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shows last name are 12.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.39% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shows earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning $42,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.39% less than the national average, earning $45,514 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Showsh919/
Schows916/
Showse911/
Sows896/
Schouws83116/
Shaws8040/
Chows8031/
Shofs803/
Shews801/
Sohws800/
Showz800/
Shovsh73202/
Shobsh7343/
Schofs7331/
Shoobs7322/
Schobs7317/
Chowsh7317/
Shawsh7313/
Shoofs735/
Schaws732/
Shewsh732/
Schews732/
Shoubs731/
Shoffs730/
Schoofs675,526/
Schoefs67568/
Schoubs67151/
Saws6776/
Schoufs6738/
Sobs6717/
Schauws6710/
Sowz674/
Sews674/
Sovs673/
Shoovsh673/
Sowx671/
Suws671/
Schoffs671/
Showche671/

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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
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  • 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 Shows
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