Scheltens Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scheltens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheltens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5581:30,2645,009
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
France611:1,088,897118,069
Belgium541:212,90127,429
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England71:7,959,723202,100
Suriname41:138,1547,029
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Scheltens Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scheltens Come From? nationality or country of origin

Scheltens is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheltens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 403,960th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Scheltens live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 558 people, or 1 in 30,264. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 20 percent are found, North Holland, where 17 percent are found and Groningen, where 14 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Scheltens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Scheltens are 47.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 94.74% registered with the political party.

The amount Scheltens earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning R 264,096 per year; in United States they earn 13.81% more than the national average, earning $49,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.92% more than the national average, earning $51,633 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scheltiens9549/
Scheltoens951/
Sheltens9410/
Cheltens941/
Shceltens893/
Seltens882/
Soeltens820/
Chiltens820/
Shkeltinsh744/
Skeltins7112/
Zeltins63596/
Zeltynsh5929/
Zeltinsh593/
Zeltinš501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scheltens
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