Shelfer Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shelfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4161:871,29666,093
England351:1,591,94567,242
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

Shelfer (10) may also be a first name.

Shelfer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shelfer (Russian: Шелфер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelfer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shelfer is the 648,005th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname Shelfer occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Shelfer are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 10 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 871,296. In The United States Shelfer is mostly found in: Florida, where 47 percent live, Texas, where 24 percent live and Georgia, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States Shelfer exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Shelfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shelfer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shelfer last name grew 578 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shelfer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shelfer last name are 5.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.68% being registered to vote for the political party.

Shelfer earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.91% more than the national average, earning $47,858 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shelfer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shelfer in the Russian language
Шелферselfer-

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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 Shelfer
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