Shelema Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Shelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shelema (64) may also be a first name.
Shelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shelema (Russian: Шелема) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Shelema live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shelema is also the 1,223,525th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 64 people.
Shelema is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Beside Ethiopia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 29 percent reside and Russia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelema in the Russian language | ||
| Шелема | selema | - |
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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 Shelema
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