Shap Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Shap Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shap family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Moulder 1
General Servant 1
Iron Monger 1
Decorator 1
Grocer's Assistant 1
House Keeper 1
Local Boarder 1
Helper On Farm 1
Domestic Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Postman 1
Book Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shap

Name Census Frequency
William Shap 9
Charles Shap 8
Mary Shap 8
John Shap 7
George Shap 6
James Shap 6
Jane Shap 5
Joseph Shap 5
Alice Shap 4
Elizabeth Shap 4
Thomas Shap 4
Ellen Shap 3
Emma Shap 3
Hannah Shap 3
Louisa Shap 3
Edward Shap 2
Florence Shap 2
Harry Shap 2
Henry Shap 2
Isabella Shap 2
Patrick Shap 2
Richard Shap 2
Robert Shap 2
Sarah Shap 2
Walker Shap 2

Shap Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ship 75% 4,036
2 Shape 80% 562
3 Shop 75% 350
4 Sheap 80% 234
5 Sheep 60% 192
6 Shap 100% 142
7 Shope 60% 114

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The surname Shap is the 6th most popular variant of Ship.

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