Shelve Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shelve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Shelve (14) may also be a first name.
Shelve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelve (Marathi: शेलवे) is more commonly found in Bahrain than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelve? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shelve is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Shelve live; 20 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shelve is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Bahrain, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 1,348,608. Apart from Bahrain Shelve exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent reside and Malaysia, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shelve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shelve in the Marathi language | ||
| शेलवे | selave | - |
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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 Shelve
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