Shells Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 14
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Shells Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shells family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 6
Farmer 3
Male Servant 2
Grocer 2
Female Servant 1
Hawker 1
Woodman 1
Sawyer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shells

Name Census Frequency
William Shells 39
Mary Shells 17
Elizabeth Shells 14
James Shells 11
Ann Shells 9
John Shells 9
Edward Shells 8
Sarah Shells 8
Frederick Shells 7
George Shells 7
Thomas Shells 7
Richard Shells 6
Eliza Shells 5
Margaret Shells 5
Charles Shells 4
Emily Shells 4
Emma Shells 4
Henry Shells 4
Ruth Shells 4
Ada Shells 3
Frances Shells 3
Harriet Shells 3
Jane Shells 3
Robert Shells 3
Rose Shells 3

Shells Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shallis 71% 755
2 Shells 100% 259
3 Shellis 86% 183
4 Shiells 86% 176
5 Sheels 83% 173
6 Shulls 83% 135

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The surname Shells is the 2nd most popular variant of Shallis.

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