Shriver Surname

60,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,257 people bear this surname

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

Shriver Surname Definition:

(German) An official, or public, writer, a scribe.

Shriver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,1041:44,7265,481
Iran711:1,081,44448,589
Israel161:534,85239,210
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
England61:9,286,343223,652
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2681:22,1422,781

Shriver (28) may also be a first name.

Shriver Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) An official, or public, writer, a scribe.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Shriver Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shriver (Arabic: شريفر, Russian: Шривер) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shriver? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 60,941st most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 882,590 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Shriver live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 8,104 people, or 1 in 44,726. In The United States Shriver is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 11 percent are found, Maryland, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States Shriver exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent are found and Israel, where 0 percent are found.

Shriver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shriver has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shriver last name increased 357 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 74 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shriver Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shriver last name are 34.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.47% being registered with the party.

The amount Shriver earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning $42,040 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.29% more than the national average, earning $58,772 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schriver933,259/
Shriever939/
Shreiver931/
Shrijver931/
Shrive92569/
Sriver92125/
Schrijver883,824/
Schriever883,811/
Schreiver8891/
Schrisver880/
Schroiver880/
Schrivear880/
Scriver861,279/
Shrives86669/
Shriber86542/
Shrieve86251/
Schrive86171/
Shrever8616/
Shryver864/
Shreive862/
Chriver861/
Shrivet861/
Shriwer861/
Shrivey860/
Srive831/
Schreivier821/
Schrievier820/
Schriber801,943/
Schryver801,604/
Shreiber80244/
Shraiber80167/
Schrever80110/
Schriwer8074/
Shrieber8016/
Schrieve808/
Shreives805/
Shrimper804/
Shriewer803/
Screiver801/
Shrievee801/
Schrisve801/
Schreive800/
Shreever800/
Shreaver800/
Schrives800/
Scriveir800/
Shreve778,478/
Shriva775,304/
Scrive77376/
Chrive77363/
Sriber778/
Shrivi776/
Criver773/
Shribe773/
Srever773/
Srives771/
Zhrive771/
Sreive771/
Sriwer771/
Srieve771/
Shryve770/
Shrivy770/
Schreiber75112,469/
Schrieber751,894/
Schriewer75860/
Schraiber75386/
Schrimper75200/
Schrijber7544/
Schrevere7527/
Shraiberh7513/
Schribert755/
Schrebier753/
Schrgiber752/
Schrieuer752/
Schreiwer752/
Shraibert751/
Schruyver750/
Schreaver750/
Schroiber750/
Shreeve712,804/
Shreves711,677/
Scriber711,141/
Schryve71544/
Schreve71274/
Sraiber7179/
Ch'rive7147/
Chreive7123/
Szriber7115/
Srivech717/
Shreber715/
Shrivay715/
Shryber715/
Shreiva714/
Shreave712/
Shrivaj712/
Shrivis712/
Schribe712/
Sreiber712/
Schrève712/
Scryver711/
Schreiberr711/
Schreibger711/
Schrimpher711/
Shrevee711/
Shrivai711/
Srivest711/
Shrevir711/
Shreibe711/
Srieber710/
Shrewer710/
Schriebeir710/
Chrever710/
Screver710/
Scriwer710/
Chriber710/
Schriva710/
Schriberth710/
Sreaver710/
Sreives710/
Chryver710/
Shrayber671,003/
Shreeves67766/
Szreiber67370/
Shreyber67254/
Schryber67106/
Shreaves6782/
Schreber6762/
Screever6744/
Sreibere6743/
Sriva6738/
Schräber6734/
Szraiber6723/
Screiber6722/
Srivi6720/
Schreibe6717/
Crive6713/
Schrywer679/
Chreiber674/
Chraiber674/
Srhiouer674/
Schreves673/
Schreeve671/
Schrevehert671/
Shraibeh671/
Schrüber671/
Schriberová671/
Szrebier671/
D'Schreiber671/
Scraiber671/
Shraiberova671/
Sreve671/
Schrewer670/
Schryvir670/

Shriver Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shriver in the Russian language
Шриверsriver-
Shriver in the Arabic language
شريفرshryfr-

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