Shelagh Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shelagh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Shelagh (10,727) may also be a first name.
Shelagh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelagh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelagh is most common in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shelagh.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelagh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Shelagh is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Shelagh reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shelagh is also the 58,482nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 10,727 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Shelagh is most numerous in: Nyamira County, where 50 percent live and Siaya County, where 50 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and Switzerland, where 25 percent live.
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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 Shelagh
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