Shelfield Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Shelfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Shelfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shelfield occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shelfield is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Shelfield are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Shelfield is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Alabama, where 33 percent live, Mississippi, where 33 percent live and Texas, where 33 percent live. Beside The United States Shelfield occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.

Shelfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shelfield has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selfeld882/
Sielfeld8278/
Sellfeld8218/
Sylfield829/
Selfeldt825/
Seelfeld821/
Sielfeldt784/
Seelfeldt781/
Zelfeld7548/
Selfelt757/
Zelfeldt711/
Zellfeld711/
Silfält503/

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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 Shelfield
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