Shrift Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

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

Shrift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shrift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Shrift Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shrift has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shrift? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,497,948th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. Shrift is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Shrift reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 2,745,901. In The United States Shrift is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 69 percent are found, Michigan, where 10 percent are found and Tennessee, where 4 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.

Shrift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shrift has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 13,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shrift Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shrift last name are 1.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.17% being registered to vote for the party.

Shrift earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.2% less than the national average, earning $34,863 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schrift92235/
Shrieft923/
Shrif916,188/
Srift910/
Shrief836,442/
Shreif833,988/
Shrife83533/
Shraif83393/
Shriff83204/
Shrrif838/
Chrift834/
Shsrif832/
Schrif831/
Sh'rif831/
Shriof831/
Shroif831/
Shrifs831/
Scrift830/
Srif8054/
Schrief77119/
Shrieff7778/
Schroif7747/
Schruft7713/
Schreft778/
Shrriff777/
Shruiff777/
Shreiff777/
Shriffe772/
Schriff772/
Shshrif771/
Shraiff771/
Shsriff771/
Schraif770/
Schreif770/
Chrif736,538/
Shref734,828/
Shriv73129/
Crift7355/
Shryf738/
Sribt735/
Srief734/
Sriff733/
Sraif731/
Srifs731/
S'Rif731/
Shrib731/
Schroiff71282/
Schrieff7154/
Schruiff7115/
Schrriff711/
Shreef6712,148/
Chreif67560/
Ch'rif67136/
Shreaf67132/
Shrefh67108/
Shreib6750/
Schrib6729/
Chrife6728/
Schref6726/
Shriph6723/
Scriff6723/
Chraif6717/
Shreff6713/
Shraib6710/
Chriff679/
Shrefe677/
Shribh673/
Shriev671/
Sraiff671/
Schriv671/
Shrayf671/
Shraiv671/
Shrivs671/
Srefte671/
Hsraif671/
Shrref671/
Chërif671/
Chrrif671/
Chrihf671/
Jrifft670/
Sreiff670/
Shriew670/

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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 Shrift
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