Shelby Surname
Approximately 21,667 people bear this surname
Shelby Surname Definition:
(English) One who came from Selby (village where willows grew), in Yorkshire.
Shelby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,081 | 1:22,540 | 2,829 |
| Israel | 5,171 | 1:1,655 | 148 |
| Canada | 110 | 1:334,960 | 30,494 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:58,089 | 2,880 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,694 | 1:18,641 | 2,361 |
Shelby (73,833) may also be a first name.
Shelby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who came from Selby (village where willows grew), in Yorkshire.
Shelby Demographics
Average Shelby Salary in
United States
$40,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shelby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelby is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelby? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,913th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 336,343 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Shelby live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 13,257th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 73,833 people.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 16,081 people, or 1 in 22,540. In The United States Shelby is most frequent in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States Shelby is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Shelby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shelby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shelby last name rose 597 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 102 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shelby Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shelby last name are 6.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.29% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shelby earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 43.37% more than the national average, earning 496,179 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.28% less than the national average, earning $40,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning $48,828 CAD 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
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