Shelenko Surname

391,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Shelenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine6011:75,74510,857
Russia2601:554,31949,894
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Shelenko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shelenko (Russian: Шеленко) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelenko? popularity and diffusion

It is the 391,801st most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,070,372 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Shelenko reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Shelenko is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 601 people, or 1 in 75,745. In Ukraine Shelenko is most prevalent in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 30 percent reside, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 29 percent reside and Ternopil Oblast, where 22 percent reside. Beside Ukraine this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Shelenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (47%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Shelenko surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Shelenko earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.14% less than the national average, earning $45,140 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shelenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shelenko in the Russian language
Шеленкоselenko-

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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 Shelenko
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