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་) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheela? popularity and diffusion
Sheela is the 55,294th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 793,159 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 301,145 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 7,237 people, or 1 in 105,992. In India Sheela is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 39 percent reside, Telangana, where 33 percent reside and Kerala, where 8 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Sheela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sheela has changed over time. 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 adherence of those holding the Sheela surname is predominantly Presbyterian (89%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Sheela are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered with 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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