Shelia Surname
Approximately 2,009 people bear this surname
Shelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,421 | 1:2,636 | 482 |
| Abkhazia | 445 | 1:546 | 96 |
| Ukraine | 62 | 1:734,237 | 75,898 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shelia (69,783) may also be a first name.
Shelia Demographics
Shelia Religious Adherence
in Georgia
Religious Adherence
in Georgia
Shelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelia (Arabic: شليا, Georgian: შელია, Marathi: शेलीया, Russian: Шелиа) is more commonly found in Georgia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shelia.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 206,317th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,627,449 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shelia live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia. Shelia is also the 13,909th most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 69,783 people.
Shelia is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is carried by 1,421 people, or 1 in 2,636. In Georgia it is most prevalent in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 75 percent live, Tbilisi, where 19 percent live and Imereti, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Georgia it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 22 percent live and Ukraine, where 3 percent live.
Shelia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Georgia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelia in the Georgian language | ||
| შელია | shelia | - |
| Shelia in the Marathi language | ||
| शेलीया | seliya | 43.24 |
| शेिलया | seilaya | 35.14 |
| सेलीया | seliya | 16.22 |
| शेिलआ | seila'a | 2.7 |
| सोहेल | sohela | 2.7 |
| Shelia in the Russian language | ||
| Шелиа | selia | - |
| Shelia in the Arabic language | ||
| شليا | shlya | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shelia
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