Shelf Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Shelf Surname Definition:
SHELF: 1. A township of Halifax, co. York. 2. Mr. Ferguson thinks from a Teutonic hero called Scelf or Scylf, the presumed founder of the Scylfingas, a Scandinavian tribe.
Shelf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Shelf (31) may also be a first name.
Shelf Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
SHELF: 1. A township of Halifax, co. York. 2. Mr. Ferguson thinks from a Teutonic hero called Scelf or Scylf, the presumed founder of the Scylfingas, a Scandinavian tribe.
SHELF: From Shelf, a township co. York, West Riding. The name Shelf has also been derived from the hero Scelf or Scylf, presumed founder of the Scylfingas, a Scandinavian tribe.
Shelf: (Anglo-Saxon scylfe), a ridge of land, a shelf: Raskelf in Yorkshire, a raw shelf above a morass. The saying is: “Raskelf without a steeple, Rascally church and rascally people.”
Bashall in Yorkshire is Bascelf in Domesday.
Shelf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shelf (Arabic: شلف, Russian: Шельф) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,742,229th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Shelf occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Shelf are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shelf is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 31 people.
The surname Shelf is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 97,546,262. Barring Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellf | 91 | 9 | / |
| Shielf | 91 | 4 | / |
| Shelff | 91 | 3 | / |
| Schelf | 91 | 2 | / |
| Shelfe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sheilf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Self | 89 | 36,179 | / |
| Schelfe | 83 | 45 | / |
| Schelpf | 83 | 13 | / |
| Shellef | 83 | 7 | / |
| Schielf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Scheilf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schelft | 83 | 0 | / |
| Selfe | 80 | 1,720 | / |
| Chelf | 80 | 1,049 | / |
| Selff | 80 | 38 | / |
| Shalf | 80 | 11 | / |
| Sealf | 80 | 9 | / |
| Selfs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shelb | 80 | 5 | / |
| Selft | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shelv | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shilf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sellf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Scelf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sholf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szelf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saelf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scheelfe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schilf | 73 | 633 | / |
| Scealf | 73 | 74 | / |
| Schalf | 73 | 12 | / |
| Sheelw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chelfe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sellef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sealef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shellw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schelv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Scholf | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schetleff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schoellpf | 71 | 0 | / |
| Solf | 67 | 1,152 | / |
| Selb | 67 | 510 | / |
| Salf | 67 | 112 | / |
| Schilff | 67 | 35 | / |
| Selv | 67 | 20 | / |
| Zelf | 67 | 19 | / |
| Silf | 67 | 18 | / |
| Shellew | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sheylev | 67 | 6 | / |
| Selw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Setleff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sheelev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scholff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schalpf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Celf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schalff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seelhff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sealeff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schilpf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scholpf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Seileff | 67 | 0 | / |
Shelf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelf in the Russian language | ||
| Шельф | self | - |
| Shelf in the Arabic language | ||
| شلف | shlf | - |
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