Shakespeare is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shakespeare
No. of characters: 11
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shakespeare

How popular is Shakespeare?

Shakespeare is common in United States.

Shakespeare is ranked 62253 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shakespeares grew by 19.27035 per cent to 1275 since 2000 and ranked 20739 after elevating 1722 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 57.1 59.59
Black 30.2 29.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.53 7.39
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.5
Others 1.96 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.65
Shakespeare is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 7378 people have been found who wears Shakespeare as their family name. Shakespeare is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,070 Guyana8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
661,536 Indonesia3
20,837 Venezuela2
17,547 Colombia2
50,640 Switzerland2
10,211 Bulgaria2
26,123 Malaysia2
21,529 Singapore2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
28,083 Romania2
219,873 France2
18,625 Japan2
1,118 Isle of Man2
19,093 Finland2
40,256 Mexico2
120,357 Argentina1
692 Guinea1
8,859 Iraq1
10,958 Bangladesh1
16,640 Hong Kong1
42,479 Greece1
2,374 Bermuda1
66,560 Philippines1
7,292 Vietnam1
6,688 Malawi1
77,122 Sweden1
2,309 Monaco1
24,421 Slovakia1
9,591 Panama1
25,721 Egypt1
3,586 Honduras1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
49,109 Spain39
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
4,169 Cyprus26
3,830 Luxembourg20
78,557 Netherlands13
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
182,821 India82
5,083 Ireland66
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Shakespeare:
4,981 Australia600
631 Jamaica571
7,729 Ghana320
13,479 Canada281
6,781 Sri Lanka261
2,076 Wales192
60,164 Brazil159
35,546 South Africa146
6,003 New Zealand125
Countries with thousands of Shakespeare:
2,740 England2,855
22,243 United States1,416
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joiner George Shakespeare from Great Britain aboard the Robert from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on July 12, 1850. 25 years old Martha Shakespeare, Thomas Shakespeare, aged 3, Infant William Shakespeare, are other Shakespeare that migrated to US.

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