Shekels Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shekels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shekels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Shekels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shekels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shekels occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shekels.

How Common Is The Last Name Shekels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Shekels reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States Shekels is most frequent in: California, where 17 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 14 percent reside and Minnesota, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.

Shekels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shekels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shekels last name expanded 512 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shekels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shekels surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the party.

Shekels earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.79% less than the national average, earning $39,789 USD per year.

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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 Shekels
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