Shilds 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 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 0

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

Shilds Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shilds family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Male Servant 2
Confectioner 1
Provision Merchant 1
Widow 1
Coach Maker 1
Nurse 1
Tailor Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shilds

Name Census Frequency
John Shilds 20
Mary Shilds 18
Thomas Shilds 15
William Shilds 11
Henry Shilds 8
Jane Shilds 7
George Shilds 6
Ann Shilds 4
Annie Shilds 4
Joseph Shilds 4
Arthur Shilds 3
Edward Shilds 3
Elizabeth Shilds 3
Margaret Shilds 3
Martha Shilds 3
Robert Shilds 3
Alice Shilds 2
Barnard Shilds 2
Catherine Shilds 2
Charles Shilds 2
David Shilds 2
Eliza Shilds 2
Fredrick Shilds 2
Hannah Shilds 2
Isabella Shilds 2

Shilds Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shields 86% 20,154
2 Sheilds 86% 933
3 Shilds 100% 201
4 Sheelds 71% 102

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The surname Shilds is the 3rd most popular variant of Shields.

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