Scheltus Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Scheltus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 115 | 1:146,845 | 22,164 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Scheltus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scheltus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scheltus has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scheltus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,447,279th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Scheltus live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Scheltus is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne 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 it 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 prevalency of Scheltus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scheltus last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheltus | 93 | 17 | / |
| Celtus | 86 | 10 | / |
| Seltus | 86 | 3 | / |
| Schilthuis | 78 | 211 | / |
| Schilthaus | 78 | 8 | / |
| Celthuis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sueltaus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shiltaus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jschilthuis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Suelthaus | 71 | 23 | / |
| Siltus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seltos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sülthaus | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ciltos | 57 | 5 | / |
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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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