Shelu Surname
Approximately 558 people bear this surname
Shelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 445 | 1:398,074 | 20,926 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shelu (1,165) may also be a first name.
Shelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelu (Bengali: শেলু, Hindi: शेलू, Marathi: शेलू) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shelu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 566,665th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,060,118 people. Shelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Shelu reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 232,756th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 1,165 people.
The last name Shelu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 445 people, or 1 in 398,074. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 32 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelu in the Bengali language | ||
| শেলু | selu | 87.5 |
| শেলূ | selu | 12.5 |
| Shelu in the Hindi language | ||
| शेलू | selu | 74.19 |
| शेलु | selu | 15.05 |
| शीलू | silu | 10.75 |
| Shelu in the Marathi language | ||
| शेलू | selu | 56.65 |
| शेलु | selu | 39.31 |
| शेळु | selu | 1.73 |
| शेळू | selu | 1.16 |
| सेलु | selu | 0.58 |
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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 Shelu
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