Sheffield is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sheffield
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sheffield

How popular is Sheffield?

Sheffield is common in United States.

Sheffield is ranked 18397 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sheffield bearers increased by 3.977243 per cent in 2010 US census to 19738 since 2000, the surname slipped by 87 spots and ranked at 1817. The last name was found in around 67 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.36 79.22
Black 18.8 17.49
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.19
Others 1.77 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.42 0.25
Sheffield is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 28368 people have been found who wears Sheffield as their family name. Sheffield is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
8,582 Japan6
2,084 Afghanistan5
10,542 China4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
108,034 Italy3
46,068 Philippines3
1,219,338 India3
3,752 Iraq3
37,372 Georgia2
54,641 Sweden2
9,185 Hong Kong2
91,784 Netherlands2
34,572 Israel2
14,521 Portugal2
25,746 Finland1
13,606 Senegal1
10,958 Bangladesh1
123,175 Tanzania1
3,993 El Salvador1
174,544 Czech Republic1
24,771 Colombia1
4,249 Cambodia1
165,773 Belarus1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
53,033 Nigeria1
2,057 Isle of Man1
971 Seychelles1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,447 Uganda1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
24,176 Qatar1
2,309 Monaco1
846 American Samoa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
16,483 Chile45
7,279 Wales45
37,591 Belgium37
56,148 Spain32
11,387 Ireland22
353,279 Russia19
15,050 Singapore18
3,494 Costa Rica18
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Sheffield:
4,988 Canada888
5,149 Australia581
34,330 Germany303
14,944 Mexico262
3,074 New Zealand249
25,955 South Africa219
4,243 Scotland138
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Sheffield:
2,866 England2,689
Countries with ten thousands of Sheffield:
1,766 United States22,404
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant D. Sheffield from Ireland aboard the Artic from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in Indiana on April 15, 1851. Duke Sheffield, aged 24, Mary Sheffield (25) Immigrant, William Sheffield (11 months old) Infant, Maria Sheffield, aged 19, Maria Sheffield, aged 38, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Wexford and London.

Sheffield Namesakes

  • Tamie Sheffield, Film actress
  • Simone Sheffield, Television producer
  • Bill Sheffield, Former Governor of Alaska
  • Jeremy Sheffield, Actor
  • John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Former Lord Privy Seal
  • Chris Sheffield, Actor
  • Reginald Sheffield, Actor
  • Gary Sheffield, Sports agent
  • Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, English Politician
  • Carissa Sheffield, Gary Sheffield's daughter
  • In 2019, Tallulah Sheffield portrayed the role of Robyin in drama, sci-fi movie Mnemophrenia.

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