Shreves Surname

238,942nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Shreves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shreves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6311:222,23121,530
Jamaica211:136,6644,886
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Wales71:442,07621,198
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2981:168,51915,231

Shreves Last Name Facts

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

Shreves occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shreves? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shreves is the 238,942nd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,345,585 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Shreves reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Shreves is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,631 people, or 1 in 222,231. In The United States it is most common in: West Virginia, where 13 percent reside, Ohio, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Shreves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shreves has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shreves surname increased 547 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shreves Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shreves surname are 6.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.96% being registered to vote for the party.

Shreves earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.65% less than the national average, earning $42,869 USD per year.

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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 Shreves
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