Shelta Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Shelta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Shelta (1,103) may also be a first name.
Shelta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shelta (Hindi: स्हेलता) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Shelta reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shelta is also the 240,234th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 1,103 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe Shelta is most common in: Harare Province, where 50 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 50 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 17 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Shelta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shelta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shelta surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelta in the Hindi language | ||
| स्हेलता | s'helata | 80 |
| शेलता | selata | 20 |
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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 Shelta
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