Shelestova Surname

198,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Shelestova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelestova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,4901:96,72711,964
Ukraine4061:112,12516,007
Kazakhstan971:182,29417,382
Belarus831:114,47116,895
Kyrgyzstan101:597,26542,601
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Shelestová (2) are calculated separately.

Shelestova Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shelestova (Georgian: შელესტოვა, Russian: Шелестова) is found most frequently in Russia. It may appear as: Shelestová. Click here for further possible spellings of Shelestova.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelestova? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 198,162nd most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,452,177 people. The last name Shelestova occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Shelestova reside; 75 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Russia, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 96,727. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow, where 11 percent reside, Rostov Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 8 percent reside. Beside Russia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 19 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent reside.

Shelestova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Shelestova surname is predominantly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Shelestova surname are 16.27% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 63.04% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shelestova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shelestova in the Georgian language
შელესტოვაshelestova-
Shelestova in the Russian language
Шелестоваselestova-

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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 Shelestova
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