Shellam Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Shellam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
Shellam Demographics
Average Shellam Salary in
England
£30,574
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Shellam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shellam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shellam occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shellam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,239,697th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Shellam live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 488,755. In England it is most common in: Worcestershire, where 30 percent reside, West Midlands, where 14 percent reside and Herefordshire, where 14 percent reside. Barring England this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent reside and Wales, where 11 percent reside.
Shellam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shellam has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Shellam last name rose 407 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 525 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Shellam
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