Shrives Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Jersey

Shrives Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shrives Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2761:196,29621,158
England1811:307,83523,246
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Australia481:562,41041,290
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Wales111:281,32115,850
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1981:123,10811,637
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Shrives Last Name Facts

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

Shrives (Hindi: श्रीवेस) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shrives.

How Common Is The Last Name Shrives? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shrives is the 493,936th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,893,193 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Shrives are found; 41 percent are found in Southern Africa and 41 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 196,296. In South Africa Shrives is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Shrives Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shrives has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 9 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 154 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shrives Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Shrives surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Shrives are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the party.

The amount Shrives earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.8% more than the national average, earning R 486,684 per year; in United States they earn 14.29% less than the national average, earning $36,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.83% more than the national average, earning $57,052 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shrieves93776/
Shreives935/
Schrives930/
Shrive92569/
Srives921/
Schrieves883/
Shriver868,257/
Shreves861,677/
Shrieve86251/
Schrive86171/
Scrives864/
Shrivis862/
Shreive862/
Srieves862/
Shrivet861/
Srivest861/
Shrivey860/
Sreives860/
Srive831/
Shreeves80766/
Shreaves8082/
Schrieve808/
Schreves803/
Shrijver801/
Shreiver801/
Shrievee801/
Shriebes801/
Schrisve801/
Schreive800/
Shreve778,478/
Shriva775,304/
Scrive77376/
Chrive77363/
Sriver77125/
Crives7740/
Sreves7714/
Shrivi776/
Shribe773/
Srieve771/
Sreive771/
Zhrive771/
Shrivy770/
Shryve770/
Shreiweis7531/
Shrreeves751/
Schreeves751/
Schreaves751/
Schroiver750/
Schreibes750/
Schrisver750/
Shreeve712,804/
Schryve71544/
Schreiweis71402/
Schreibeis71289/
Schreve71274/
Sreeves7165/
Ch'rive7147/
Sreaves7128/
Chreive7123/
Shrever7116/
Scribes718/
Srivech717/
Shrivay715/
Shreiva714/
Shrebes714/
Shryver714/
Schribe712/
Schrève712/
Shreave712/
Shrivaj712/
Schreiwies711/
Chriver711/
Shreibe711/
Schreibets711/
Shriwer711/
Shrivai711/
Shrevee711/
Shrewes710/
Schriebeis710/
Shriwis710/
Schreibies710/
Creives710/
Schriva710/
Schrever67110/
Schriwer6774/
Shriwise6739/
Sriva6738/
Srivi6720/
Schreibe6717/
Crive6713/
Schreeve671/
Zhryvets671/
Shraibeh671/
Shrebets671/
Sreve671/
Schrevis670/
Shreaver670/
Shreever670/
Shreevis670/

Shrives Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shrives in the Hindi language
श्रीवेसsrivesa-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shrives
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