Shelma Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Shelma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Shelma (1,598) may also be a first name.
Shelma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelma (Hindi: शैलमा, Oriya: େସଲମା, Russian: Шельма, Tibetan: ཤེལ་མ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Shelma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,136,387th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Shelma are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 193,348th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 1,598 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Kerala, where 80 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside and Odisha, where 3 percent reside. Apart from India it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 31 percent reside and Ukraine, where 18 percent reside.
Shelma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shelma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shelma last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelma in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེལ་མ་ | shelma | - |
| Shelma in the Hindi language | ||
| शैलमा | sailama | - |
| Shelma in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଲମା | esalama | - |
| Shelma in the Russian language | ||
| Шельма | selma | - |
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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 Shelma
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