Shelega Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Shelega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 38 | 1:3,792,712 | 188,390 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Shelega Demographics
Shelega Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Shelega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelega (Russian: Шелега) is found most in Russia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shelega.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shelega is the 2,909,720th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Shelega occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Shelega reside; 62 percent reside in North Asia and 62 percent reside in Slavic North Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 3,792,712. In Russia Shelega is mostly found in: Altai Krai, where 39 percent reside, Kemerovo Oblast, where 29 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Russia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Armenia, where 11 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.
Shelega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelega in the Russian language | ||
| Шелега | selega | - |
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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 Shelega
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