Shorter is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shorter
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shorter

How popular is Shorter?

Shorter is common in England.

Shorter is ranked 40507 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shorter bearers increased by 6.808668 per cent in 2010 US census to 8675 since 2000, the surname slipped by 78 spots and ranked at 4092. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 58.16 56.57
White 35.94 39.45
Others 2.97 2.2
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 0.91
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.43
Shorter is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 12066 people have been found who wears Shorter as their family name. Shorter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
1,005 Cayman Islands7
184,212 France3
34,681 Norway2
65,594 Belgium2
12,161 Wales2
139,444 Brazil2
13,552 Qatar2
14,521 Portugal2
4,367 Afghanistan2
124,220 Italy2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
15,162 Costa Rica1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
11,510 Oman1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
6,033 Benin1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Shorter:
5,530 Australia537
1,045 Jamaica303
17,431 Canada210
50,182 Germany202
4,611 New Zealand166
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Shorter:
4,543 United States8,787
4,782 England1,543
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 7 years old child John Shorter who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on March 20, 1849 by Arrick put out from London. Jno. Shorter, aged 30, 66 years old Sarah Shorter, Immigrant Harriet Shorter, are others that migrated to US.

Shorter Namesakes

  • Wayne Shorter, Saxophonist
  • Wayne Shorter, Saxophonist
  • Aylward Shorter, Author
  • Bani Shorter, Author
  • Bridgette Shorter, Film actress
  • Clement King Shorter, Journalist
  • Frank Shorter, Olympic athlete
  • Wayne Shorter, Saxophonist
  • Dora Sigerson Shorter, Poet
  • Alan Shorter, Wayne Shorter's brother

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