Shelela Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Shelela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1421:372,82827,176
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shelela (25) may also be a first name.

Shelela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shelela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shelela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,333,288th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shelela live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shelela is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 25 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 372,828. In Tanzania Shelela is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Shelela Last Name Statistics demography

Shelela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.86% less than the national average, earning R 145,296 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schelela9321/
Shellela931/
Selela921,083/
Scheleila881/
Shelele86696/
Chelela86246/
Selelya8696/
Shelelo8680/
Sealela8671/
Shilela8670/
Shelala8662/
Selelia8616/
Shelila8613/
Seelela862/
Sholela861/
Shelely861/
Sielela861/
Sohlela861/
Sheleli861/
Shalela861/
Shetlele8076/
Schilela8028/
Shaleela8014/
Selealea807/
Shalelia806/
Sehelele804/
Shileela804/
Shelilah804/
Shailela802/
Sheleuly801/
Shelolai801/
Shalelha801/
Shilelah801/
Seallela801/
Sheylila801/
Sehlehla801/
Seleslat801/
Shelelis801/
Seleli773,662/
Selelo772,266/
Selele771,132/
Salela77369/
Selila7791/
Zelela7770/
Silela7754/
Solela7747/
Celela7740/
Selola777/
Selely770/
Scheleele751/
Sheelolla751/
Shelhalla751/
Sheeslely751/
Shchelele751/
Shchelelo751/
Sholola711,701/
Sehlola711,180/
Chelele71843/
Shelile71839/
Chelelo71476/
Saleela71396/
Shalila71291/
Sailela71126/
Seletli71116/
Chilela71106/
Setlelo7167/
Shilola7151/
Seletlo7151/
Sihlola7150/
Setleli7142/
Seluila7141/
Selelyo7129/
Seilola7128/
Sehlelo7125/
Sealola7124/
Sahlila7119/
Selehle7116/
Shalola7115/
Shilelo7111/
Seelalo7111/
Shilila719/
Saelila718/
Shilele718/
Seleele715/
Silelas714/
Celelia713/
Solelah712/
Sallela712/
Salelea712/
Saliela712/
Shelolo712/
Selelis712/
Seelelo712/
Sihlelo712/
Zeleela711/
Sollela711/
Silelat711/
Sheellalla711/
Selelii711/
Seelely711/
Selilaa711/
Celeila711/
Shilealaah711/
Sealelo711/
Selilah711/
Saleila711/
Cheleli711/
Silaela711/
Solhela711/
Salelaa711/
Selealo711/
Seleelo711/
Seletle711/
Selhele711/
Selieli711/
Seelila711/
Shelilo710/
Sholelo710/
Selialia671,065/
Xhelilaj67948/
Saileela67237/
Sahlelou67209/
Selealis6794/
Celeulya6731/
Chailela6712/
Seletlho6710/
Sheylile679/
Saaleela678/
Solaelah677/
Seelalai677/
Cheleleh675/
Shalilah675/
Shallala674/
Chetlila674/
Salleela673/
Shollola673/
Chelilia672/
Solehela672/
Celeilia671/
Sihleles671/
Shilolla671/
Chelelou671/
Sheulili671/
Sheulala671/
Schilelo671/
Soleilla671/
Shalhila671/
Chelelei671/
Sihlehle671/
Shololaa671/
Seelalou671/
Schilele671/
Schileli670/

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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 Shelela
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