Shelestak Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Shelestak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelestak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine691:659,74970,382
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Shelestak Last Name Facts

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

Shelestak (Russian: Шелестак) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelestak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,537,949th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Shelestak reside; 56 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 56 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Shelestak is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 659,749. In Ukraine Shelestak is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 48 percent reside, Zakarpattia Oblast, where 29 percent reside and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 13 percent reside. Besides Ukraine this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Shelestak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shelestak last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political party.

Shelestak earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.7% less than the national average, earning $32,491 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selestak9426/
Shellestack902/
Shelestok892/
Seletak8813/
Selestok8240/
Seletack821/
Šelestak821/
Selestakova801/
Šelesták7127/
Selostok714/
Schalestock7013/
Šelestáková6025/

Shelestak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shelestak in the Russian language
Шелестакselestak-

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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 Shelestak
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