Shelegia Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Shelegia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 135 | 1:27,745 | 4,460 |
| Abkhazia | 94 | 1:2,584 | 598 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Shelegia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelegia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shelegia (Georgian: შელეგია) is carried by more people in Georgia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelegia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,055,483rd most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. Shelegia is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Shelegia reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 57 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 27,745. In Georgia it is primarily found in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 52 percent reside, Tbilisi, where 44 percent reside and Kvemo Kartli, where 2 percent reside. Besides Georgia Shelegia is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 40 percent reside and Russia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelegia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelegia in the Georgian language | ||
| შელეგია | shelegia | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shelegia
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