Shires

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shires is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Somerset. variant of Shear . Compare Ede Shire, 1602, Richard Sheere, 1634 in IGI (Padstow, Cornwall). Some of the following bearers may alternatively belong with (2).

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  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • USUnited States
  • AUAustralia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Somerset. variant of Shear . Compare Ede Shire, 1602, Richard Sheere, 1634 in IGI (Padstow, Cornwall). Some of the following bearers may alternatively belong with (2).

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Roland Shires, b. 1871Edward Shires, b. 1878Art Shires, b. 1906Abe Shires, b. 1917Dana Shires, b. 1932Jim Shires, b. 1945Alan Shires, b. 1948Amanda Shires, b. 1982Corbin Shires, b. 1997
  • Roland Shiresb. 1871GBBritish association football player and association football referee (1871–2000)
  • Edward Shiresb. 1878GBassociation football player
  • Art Shiresb. 1906USAmerican baseball player (1906-1967)
  • Abe Shiresb. 1917USAmerican football player (1917-1993)
  • Dana Shiresb. 1932USAmerican medical doctor, nephrologist, researcher, co-inventor of Gatorade, philanthropist
  • Jim Shiresb. 1945CACanadian ice hockey player
  • Alan Shiresb. 1948GBfootballer (born 1948)
  • Amanda Shiresb. 1982USAmerican singer-songwriter
  • Corbin Shiresb. 1997GBEnglish footballer (born 1997)
  • Jeremy Shiresresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-5995-3215

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Shires
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.1K#14,507
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.9K#14,292
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.8K#15,961
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20021.3K#5,262
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#49,642
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#71,030
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shires mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Somerset. variant of Shear . Compare Ede Shire, 1602, Richard Sheere, 1634 in IGI (Padstow, Cornwall). Some of the following bearers may alternatively belong with (2). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Shires have the most bearers?
Shires is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shires”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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