Sheleg Surname
Approximately 3,326 people bear this surname
Sheleg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 2,347 | 1:4,048 | 472 |
| Russia | 864 | 1:166,809 | 18,991 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sheleg Demographics
Sheleg Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sheleg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheleg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheleg (Russian: Шелег) is most common in Belarus. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheleg? popularity and diffusion
Sheleg is the 135,199th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,191,084 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sheleg are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Belarus, where it is carried by 2,347 people, or 1 in 4,048. In Belarus it is most common in: Minsk, where 40 percent live, Minsk Region, where 35 percent live and Gomel Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Belarus this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent live and Israel, where 1 percent live.
Sheleg Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sheleg last name is principally Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sheleg surname are 8.13% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 54.9% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sheleg earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 120.87% more than the national average, earning $95,305 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheleg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheleg in the Russian language | ||
| Шелег | seleg | - |
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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 Sheleg
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