Schelven Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Schelven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Schelven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schelven Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schelven is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schelven? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Schelven live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,206,227. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 57 percent live, North Brabant, where 36 percent live and Utrecht, where 7 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Schelven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schelven has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelven | 93 | 37 | / |
| Chelven | 93 | 14 | / |
| Scholven | 88 | 102 | / |
| Schelvin | 88 | 0 | / |
| Selven | 86 | 503 | / |
| Celven | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scholvien | 82 | 38 | / |
| Shelvin | 80 | 649 | / |
| Selveen | 80 | 10 | / |
| Sholven | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chelvin | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chelvem | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chilven | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scholvin | 75 | 173 | / |
| Shelving | 75 | 16 | / |
| Shellvin | 75 | 5 | / |
| Shelvina | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shelvine | 75 | 3 | / |
| Selventh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Schalvin | 75 | 2 | / |
| Selvesen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chelvain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sjelvgen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selleven | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selvin | 71 | 936 | / |
| Silven | 71 | 590 | / |
| Salven | 71 | 155 | / |
| Solven | 71 | 100 | / |
| Selvén | 71 | 73 | / |
| Celvin | 71 | 67 | / |
| Selvem | 71 | 61 | / |
| Sylven | 71 | 55 | / |
| Selvyn | 71 | 39 | / |
| Cilven | 71 | 5 | / |
| Selvèn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selvina | 67 | 790 | / |
| Silvent | 67 | 459 | / |
| Sileven | 67 | 92 | / |
| Shalvin | 67 | 39 | / |
| Schölvinck | 67 | 34 | / |
| Solveen | 67 | 24 | / |
| Selvine | 67 | 18 | / |
| Selving | 67 | 17 | / |
| Celvina | 67 | 13 | / |
| Silvene | 67 | 5 | / |
| Solvien | 67 | 4 | / |
| Selvion | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sylvent | 67 | 4 | / |
| Salveen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Silveen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sylvene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sholvin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skelvin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selvyna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silvien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silvean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Salvien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylvein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilvin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selvyne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selveem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syleven | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shilvin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Schelven
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