Sheleme Surname
Approximately 8,211 people bear this surname
Sheleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 8,210 | 1:11,881 | 1,754 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheleme (1,746) may also be a first name.
Sheleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheleme occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sheleme.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheleme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,237th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 887,535 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheleme live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 183,395th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 1,746 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 8,210 people, or 1 in 11,881. Apart from Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sheleme
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