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The SHIERS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 334 57090 0 1
United States (1880 census) 77 37184 0 2
Change since 1880 +257 -19906 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 37 32642 0 2
United Kingdom 417 10132 0.001 9
Top States for SHIERS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Mississippi 51 4568 0.002 18
Nebraska 44 5048 0.003 26
Louisiana 26 13038 0.001 6
California 21 78804 0.000 1
Maine 20 6477 0.002 16
Top States for SHIERS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Nebraska 44 5048 0.003 26
Wyoming 9 7190 0.002 18
Mississippi 51 4568 0.002 18
Maine 20 6477 0.002 16
Louisiana 26 13038 0.001 6

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called SHIERS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called SHIERS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called SHIERS in Mississippi than any other state, but you are more likely to find a SHIERS by picking someone at random in Nebraska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of SHIERS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the SHIERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the SHIERS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of SHIERS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 325 97.31
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the SHIERS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of SHIERS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of SHIERS.

Similar names to SHIERS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as SHIERS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for SHIERS

The following words are slight variants of SHIERS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.