Shelam Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Shelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 279 | 1:2,749,338 | 84,998 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Shelam (142) may also be a first name.
Shelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelam (Hindi: शेलम, Marathi: शेलम) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shelam is the 924,083rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shelam reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 775,413th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 142 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 2,749,338. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 48 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 41 percent live and Maharashtra, where 10 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelam in the Hindi language | ||
| शेलम | selama | 63.64 |
| शीलम | silama | 36.36 |
| Shelam in the Marathi language | ||
| शेलम | selama | 51.28 |
| शेलाम | selama | 46.15 |
| िशलम | isalama | 2.56 |
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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 Shelam
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