Shiffield 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 4
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 6
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 11

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

Shiffield Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shiffield family

Profession Census Frequency
School 3
Brick Layer Labourer 1
Carpenter (retired) O A P 1
Dressmaker (at Present Out Of Work) 1
Calico Weaver 1
Domistic Servant 1
Labourer 1
Paper Sorter 1
Sole Cutter 1
Cowman On Farm 1
Needle Woman 1
Butcher 1
House Work 1
Master Fishmonger 1
Plumber 1
Tramway Conductor 1
Weaver Cloth 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Private Means 1
Student Part Time Poultry Etc 1
Collector For Friendly Society 1
Dress Maker 1
Able Reamanmerchant 1
Domestic Servant 1
Parlaur Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shiffield

Name Census Frequency
John Shiffield 16
Mary Shiffield 12
William Shiffield 9
Ellen Shiffield 8
George Shiffield 7
Sarah Shiffield 7
Elizabeth Shiffield 6
Charles Shiffield 5
Edward Shiffield 5
Jane Shiffield 5
Thomas Shiffield 5
Henry Shiffield 4
Peter Shiffield 4
Annie Shiffield 3
Arthur Shiffield 3
Charlotte Shiffield 3
Herbert Shiffield 3
James Shiffield 3
Alice Shiffield 2
Ann Shiffield 2
Caroline Shiffield 2
Christopher Shiffield 2
Emily Shiffield 2
Fanny Shiffield 2
Frederick Shiffield 2

Shiffield Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sheffield 89% 12,271
2 Schafield 67% 262
3 Schefield 67% 229
4 Shiffield 100% 186

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The surname Shiffield is the 4th most popular variant of Sheffield.

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