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
Average Sheleg Salary in
United States
$95,305 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheleg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheleg Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheleg (Russian: Шелег) has its highest incidence in Belarus. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheleg? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 135,199th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,191,084 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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.
This last name is most commonly held in Belarus, where it is held by 2,347 people, or 1 in 4,048. In Belarus it is most prevalent in: Minsk, where 40 percent reside, Minsk Region, where 35 percent reside and Gomel Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Belarus it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent reside and Israel, where 1 percent reside.
Sheleg Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sheleg last name is primarily Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Sheleg are 8.13% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 54.9% 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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