Shiels meaning | Last name Shiels origin

Following is the meaning of Shiels surname. Family name Shiels is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Shiels
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shiels

Shiels is used as a family name or surname in Ireland languages. Shiels has 6 characters long in length.

Shiels is common in Ireland country(ies).

Shiels is ranked 63996 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shiels bearers increased by 0.6756757 per cent in 2010 US census to 745 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1218 spots and ranked at 31150. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.87 93.24
Hispanic or Latino 5.1 2.57
Black 2.68 2.97
Others 0.67 0.81

How popular is Shiels?

Shiels is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7137 people have been found who wears Shiels as their family name. Shiels is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
127,708 Czech Republic3
184,212 France3
90,215 Germany3
20,186 Kenya2
91,784 Netherlands2
65,594 Belgium2
13,552 Qatar2
7,790 Zambia1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,181 Botswana1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
73,929 Spain21
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,515 New Zealand83
Countries with hundreds of Shiels:
3,274 Australia941
6,835 Canada618
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Immigrants to US

John Shiels was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 26, 1846. He lived in Fermanagh, Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Independence from Liverpool. James Shiels (40) Workman, Cathr. Shiels, aged 40, Michael Shiels, aged 16, Workman Patk. Shiels, Workwoman Margt. Shiels, 8 years old Cathr. Shiels, Denison Shiels, Workman Chas. Shiels, and 68 other Shiels around 51.22% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, mechanic migrated to US.

Celebrities having Shiels surname

Kenny Shiels Soccer player
Darlene Shiels Set decorator
Darlene Shiels Set decorator
Dean Shiels Soccer player
Kenny Shiels Soccer player
Liam Shiels Australian rules footballer
Brush Shiels Musical Artist
Michael Patrick Shiels Author
Michael Patrick Shiels Author
Michael Patrick Shiels Author

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