Last Name SHELDON

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Meaning Local: Of Sheldon, a chapelry in the parish of Bakewell, county Derby; also parishes in counties Devon and Warwick. Worcestershire has for many centuries been the habitat of a family of this name.
Local: The spring in the valley, from 'schell,' a spring, and dene, a small valley.
Origin English, Cornish British, Jewish, Irish

Rank 1,708 (2000 US census) 1,845 (1990 US census)
Count 19,246 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.67%, or 17835 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.9%, or 366 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.82%, or 158 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.28%, or 246 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.56%, or 300 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.76%, or 339 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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