Shchel Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Shchel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Shchel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shchel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shchel is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shchel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Shchel live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 11,086,389. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow, where 46 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 15 percent are found and Volgograd Oblast, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 30 percent are found and Belarus, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Shchel
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