Sheila Forename
757th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,120,054 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Sheila Forename Definition:
A female name. the Irish form of Celia from Cecilia (q.v.). Now extensively used in England as an independent name.
Sheila Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 370,611 | 1:978 | 211 |
| England | 100% | 151,241 | 1:368 | 82 |
| Brazil | 100% | 89,392 | 1:2,397 | 365 |
| Kenya | 100% | 87,395 | 1:530 | 104 |
| Mozambique | - | 80,158 | 1:340 | 52 |
| Philippines | 99% | 74,582 | 1:1,421 | 286 |
| Canada | 100% | 38,273 | 1:866 | 191 |
| Spain | 100% | 21,420 | 1:2,172 | 294 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,002 | 1:1,349 | 266 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,445 | 1:3,316 | 626 |
| Scotland | 100% | 15,565 | 1:344 | 81 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13,073 | 1:355 | 67 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 12,592 | 1:2,591 | 440 |
| India | 100% | 10,564 | 1:115,002 | 13,539 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9,145 | 1:13,575 | 1,014 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8,332 | 1:6,336 | 971 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,266 | 1:426 | 93 |
| Angola | 100% | 6,883 | 1:3,918 | 644 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6,450 | 1:2,391 | 437 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,844 | 1:53,254 | 6,681 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,336 | 1:3,947 | 627 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,141 | 1:445 | 108 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,567 | 1:3,007 | 465 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,235 | 1:9,827 | 1,127 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,967 | 1:5,697 | 834 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,832 | 1:10,665 | 1,109 |
| Australia | - | 2,697 | 1:5,064 | 662 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,625 | 1:3,974 | 606 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,575 | 1:1,379 | 197 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,420 | 1:16,924 | 1,452 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,315 | 1:1,245 | 318 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,012 | 1:15,134 | 1,584 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,610 | 1:2,817 | 493 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,600 | 1:851 | 131 |
| Zambia | - | 1,536 | 1:10,322 | 1,126 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,420 | 1:125,045 | 6,495 |
| Portugal | - | 1,319 | 1:7,893 | 524 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,195 | 1:1,086 | 164 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,094 | 1:3,571 | 667 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,069 | 1:374 | 66 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1,062 | 1:15,168 | 1,059 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 954 | 1:3,593 | 399 |
| Iraq | 100% | 922 | 1:37,980 | 1,533 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 913 | 1:23,670 | 1,977 |
| France | 100% | 911 | 1:72,964 | 1,866 |
| Barbados | - | 887 | 1:327 | 65 |
| Germany | 100% | 783 | 1:123,471 | 2,379 |
| Denmark | - | 645 | 1:8,759 | 782 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Thailand | 100% | 618 | 1:113,375 | 9,146 |
| Guyana | 100% | 607 | 1:1,257 | 202 |
| Suriname | 100% | 592 | 1:934 | 171 |
| Argentina | 100% | 546 | 1:78,339 | 1,689 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 546 | 1:14,931 | 1,493 |
| Italy | 100% | 543 | 1:112,453 | 2,011 |
| Botswana | 100% | 528 | 1:4,137 | 713 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 524 | 1:9,099 | 871 |
| Ecuador | - | 486 | 1:36,475 | 1,528 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 469 | 1:17,513 | 1,322 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 447 | 1:23,717 | 1,530 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Colombia | 100% | 432 | 1:110,599 | 3,453 |
| Chile | 100% | 428 | 1:41,138 | 1,615 |
| Honduras | 100% | 417 | 1:21,145 | 1,506 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 384 | 1:15,673 | 1,335 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 384 | 1:61,900 | 8,724 |
| Singapore | 98% | 372 | 1:16,901 | 3,415 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 342 | 1:215,870 | 9,308 |
| Swaziland | - | 333 | 1:3,904 | 752 |
| China | - | 332 | 1:4,114,626 | 53,291 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Sweden | 100% | 295 | 1:33,417 | 2,006 |
| Belgium | 100% | 265 | 1:43,359 | 2,282 |
| Jersey | - | 263 | 1:380 | 86 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 239 | 1:388 | 61 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Oman | - | 226 | 1:18,180 | 1,608 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 211 | 1:2,508 | 411 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 194 | 1:37,303 | 1,662 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 188 | 1:829 | 252 |
| Norway | 100% | 168 | 1:30,550 | 1,544 |
| Cuba | - | 154 | 1:74,718 | 1,800 |
| Hong Kong | - | 152 | 1:51,005 | 2,523 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 151 | 1:419 | 111 |
| Bermuda | - | 124 | 1:523 | 85 |
| Belize | 100% | 123 | 1:2,881 | 660 |
| Guam | - | 122 | 1:1,317 | 295 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 118 | 1:465 | 56 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 116 | 1:7,509 | 738 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 108 | 1:1,799,608 | 25,454 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 107 | 1:1,026 | 212 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 99 | 1:1,004 | 181 |
| Japan | - | 99 | 1:1,292,788 | 16,644 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 98 | 1:1,959 | 390 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 97 | 1:58,016 | 2,515 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Greece | 100% | 91 | 1:120,160 | 3,019 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 89 | 1:1,998 | 365 |
| Aruba | - | 88 | 1:1,179 | 242 |
| Austria | 100% | 78 | 1:109,156 | 2,203 |
| Grenada | 98% | 78 | 1:1,386 | 288 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 62 | 1:1,800 | 342 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 58 | 1:1,057 | 238 |
| El Salvador | - | 57 | 1:111,259 | 2,222 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 47 | 1:152,170 | 10,303 |
| Liberia | 100% | 45 | 1:98,046 | 4,293 |
| Albania | 100% | 44 | 1:69,240 | 5,554 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 43 | 1:1,271 | 265 |
| Czechia | 100% | 40 | 1:266,404 | 1,860 |
| Finland | 90% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Brunei | - | 38 | 1:11,041 | 790 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 35 | 1:659,312 | 22,418 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 34 | 1:16,590 | 1,110 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:947 | 205 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Russia | 100% | 29 | 1:4,973,576 | 24,318 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Benin | 100% | 25 | 1:423,034 | 15,002 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 23 | 1:576 | 61 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 17 | 1:120,000 | 9,827 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 16 | 1:1,148,717 | 30,311 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 11 | 1:286 | 37 |
| Jordan | 100% | 11 | 1:802,434 | 4,728 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Israel | 93% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Romania | - | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Croatia | - | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Hungary | 100% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | 1:145,239 | 6,287 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Shêila (1), Shëila (1), Sheïla (1) & Shëilä (1) are calculated separately.
Sheila (4,264) may also be a surname.
Sheila Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the Irish form of Celia from Cecilia (q.v.). Now extensively used in England as an independent name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The English form of the preceding. For its unconventional sense, see Slang.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Sheila Forename Popularity
Sheila Demographics
Average Sheila Salary in
United States
$44,282 USD
Per year
Rank:
192,696 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.108122
Rank: 190 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
101.73%
Sample size: 201,280 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila in the Russian language | ||
| Шеила | seila | - |
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