Shelter Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Shelter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 177 | 1:283,721 | 22,815 |
Shelter (8,396) may also be a first name.
Shelter Demographics
Average Shelter Salary in
Canada
$45,321 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Shelter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelter (Arabic: شلتر, Russian: Шелтер) is most common in England. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shelter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Shelter occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Shelter live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shelter is also the 68,876th most numerous first name internationally, held by 8,396 people.
The last name Shelter is most common in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 53 percent live, Essex, where 33 percent live and Worcestershire, where 7 percent live. Aside from England this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Ghana, where 16 percent live.
Shelter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shelter has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Shelter last name rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shelter Last Name Statistics demography
Shelter earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $45,321 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelter in the Russian language | ||
| Шелтер | selter | - |
| Shelter in the Arabic language | ||
| شلتر | shltr | - |
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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 Shelter
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