Shells is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shells
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shells

How popular is Shells?

Shells is ranked 432312 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shells bearers increased by 3.484321 per cent in 2010 US census to 594 since 2000, the surname slipped by 776 spots and ranked at 37492. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 84.18 82.93
White 8.25 13.07
Others 4.88 2.61
Hispanic or Latino 1.85 1.22
Shells is a very rare family name, few people in United States and United States Virgin Islands have the last name. Around 594 people have been found who wears Shells as their family name. Shells have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,500,361 India2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
50,549 Georgia1
448,262 Canada1
31,207 Ireland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,232 French Polynesia1
11,923 Slovenia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
56,169 Mexico1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
109,551 Australia13
Countries with hundreds of Shells:
49,181 United States542

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Shells worked as immigrant while Sarah Shells was Immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old Sarah embarked for USA from Belfast on Reliance and arrived on June 14, 1850.

Shells Namesakes

  • Shifty Shellshock, Musical Artist
  • Shifty Shellshock, Musical Artist

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