Shella Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Shella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Indonesia | 292 | 1:452,908 | 37,631 |
| Albania | 146 | 1:19,959 | 3,446 |
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Shella (38,226) may also be a first name.
Shella Demographics
Shella Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shella Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shella (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻠﻠﻰ, Hindi: शेल्ल, Marathi: शेला, Russian: Шелла, Tibetan: ཤི་ལ་) is found most in Malawi. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shella? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 301,477th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Shella are found; 27 percent are found in Southern Africa and 27 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shella is also the 23,078th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 38,226 people.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Albania, where 12 percent reside.
Shella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shella has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shella last name grew 259 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shella Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Shella last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.
Shella earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.02% less than the national average, earning $34,510 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shella in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻠﻠﻰ | shlly | - |
| Shella in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་ལ་ | shila | - |
| Shella in the Hindi language | ||
| शेल्ल | sella | - |
| Shella in the Marathi language | ||
| शेला | sela | 85.71 |
| शेळा | sela | 14.29 |
| Shella in the Russian language | ||
| Шелла | sella | - |
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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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- 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 Shella
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