Scheltus Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scheltus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheltus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1151:146,84522,164
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Scheltus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scheltus is found most in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Scheltus.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheltus? popularity and diffusion

Scheltus is the 1,447,279th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Scheltus are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 146,845. In The Netherlands Scheltus is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 56 percent are found, South Holland, where 19 percent are found and Limburg, where 10 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent are found and New Zealand, where 4 percent are found.

Scheltus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scheltus has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheltus9317/
Celtus8610/
Seltus863/
Schilthuis78211/
Schilthaus788/
Celthuis751/
Sueltaus751/
Shiltaus751/
Jschilthuis741/
Suelthaus7123/
Siltus711/
Seltos711/
Sülthaus632/
Ciltos575/

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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
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  • 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 Scheltus
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