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
Shelam (Hindi: शेलम, Marathi: शेलम) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shelam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelam? popularity and diffusion
Shelam is the 924,083rd most frequent family name worldwide, held 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. Shelam is also the 775,413th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 142 people.
The last name Shelam is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 2,749,338. In India Shelam is primarily found in: Telangana, where 48 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 41 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 10 percent are found. Barring India Shelam is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 0 percent are found.
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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