Where Does The Last Name Shelby Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Shelby has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelby? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Shelby is the 24,913^th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 336,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Shelby reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Shelby is also the 13,257^th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 73,833 people.

Shelby is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 16,081 people, or 1 in 22,540. In The United States Shelby is most numerous in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Shelby Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Shelby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shelby surname expanded 597 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 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 surname are 6.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.29% registered with 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.