Shelback Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Shelback Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelback Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia521:519,14839,018
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Shelback Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shelback is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shelback.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelback? popularity and diffusion

Shelback is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Shelback occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Shelback live; 98 percent live in Australasia and 98 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 519,148. In Australia Shelback is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 90 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 10 percent live. Besides Australia Shelback occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Shelback Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shelback has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shelback surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Shelback
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