Sheela Surname
Approximately 9,188 people bear this surname
Sheela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,237 | 1:105,992 | 6,947 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| South Africa | 168 | 1:322,486 | 30,363 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Maldives | 24 | 1:16,840 | 1,162 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sheela (301,145) may also be a first name.
Sheela Demographics
Average Sheela Salary in
United States
$40,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheela (Hindi: शीला, Marathi: शेळके, Oriya: ଶିଲା, Tibetan: ཤི་ལ་) has its highest incidence in India. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheela? popularity and diffusion
Sheela is the 55,294th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 793,159 people. The last name Sheela occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sheela live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,476th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 301,145 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 7,237 people, or 1 in 105,992. In India Sheela is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 39 percent live, Telangana, where 33 percent live and Kerala, where 8 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Sheela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheela surname rose 2,367 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sheela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (89%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sheela last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sheela earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 45.76% less than the national average, earning R 128,892 per year and in United States they earn 7.07% less than the national average, earning $40,097 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheela in the Hindi language | ||
| शीला | sila | 99.34 |
| शाीला | saila | 0.2 |
| शीलादेवी | siladevi | 0.18 |
| Sheela in the Marathi language | ||
| शेळके | selake | 63.85 |
| शेलार | selara | 24.23 |
| शेलारे | selare | 2.31 |
| शेलके | selake | 1.15 |
| शेळक | selaka | 0.77 |
| शेलटे | selate | 0.77 |
| शेलाम | selama | 0.77 |
| हेलाले | helale | 0.77 |
| शेळकी | selaki | 0.77 |
| शेलाजी | selaji | 0.38 |
| हेळवे | helave | 0.38 |
| हेळग | helaga | 0.38 |
| शेलाटे | selate | 0.38 |
| सेलार | selara | 0.38 |
| छेलाल | chelala | 0.38 |
| Sheela in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་ལ་ | shila | 60 |
| སི་ལ་ | sila | 20 |
| ཤི་ལཱ་ | shila | 20 |
| Sheela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଲା | sila | 43.8 |
| ଶୀଲା | sila | 38.84 |
| ସିଲା | sila | 14.88 |
| େକେକର୍ଟା | ekekarta | 1.65 |
| ବାେଲର୍ | baelar | 0.83 |
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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 Sheela
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