Shelva Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Shelva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Shelva (1,521) may also be a first name.
Shelva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelva (Hindi: शेल्वा, Marathi: शेलवा) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shelva is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Shelva is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Shelva live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 199,038th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 1,521 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India Shelva is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 44 percent live, Maharashtra, where 38 percent live and Karnataka, where 6 percent live. Beside India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Shelva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shelva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shelva surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelva in the Marathi language | ||
| शेलवा | selava | - |
| Shelva in the Hindi language | ||
| शेल्वा | selva | 50 |
| शेलवा | selava | 50 |
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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 Shelva
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