Shellington Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Shellington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shellington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2031:1,785,512117,316
Canada741:497,91342,460
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Shellington (311) may also be a first name.

Shellington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shellington (Russian: Шеллингтон) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shellington? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shellington is the 942,947th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Shellington occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shellington are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 498,315th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 311 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 1,785,512. In The United States Shellington is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 19 percent live, Virginia, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States Shellington is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 27 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Shellington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shellington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shellington last name grew 781 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shellington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Shellington last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Shellington last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.58% registered with the party.

The amount Shellington earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.2% more than the national average, earning $47,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.67% less than the national average, earning $43,885 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shellington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shellington in the Russian language
Шеллингтонsellington-

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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 Shellington
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