Sheleton Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Sheleton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Sheleton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sheleton is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheleton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sheleton is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Sheleton live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Sheleton is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Sheleton is primarily found in: Virginia, where 50 percent reside, Ohio, where 25 percent reside and Tennessee, where 25 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside.

Sheleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sheleton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheleton last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Sheleton
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