Shelliday Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Shelliday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelliday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Shelliday Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shelliday is borne by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelliday? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Shelliday occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Shelliday live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Shelliday is most widely held in Scotland, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,784,606. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: North Lanarkshire, where 100 percent reside.

Shelliday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shelliday has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Shelliday last name expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shelliday Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Shelliday
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