Shellah Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Shellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shellah (1,638) may also be a first name.
Shellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shellah (Hindi: शेल्लाह) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shellah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 866,642nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shellah reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 190,505th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,638 people.
The last name Shellah is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shellah in the Hindi language | ||
| शेल्लाह | sellaha | - |
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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 Shellah
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