Shelving Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Shelving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelving Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
China21:683,660,78330,601
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Shelving Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shelving Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shelving occurs most in Australia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelving? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 38 percent of Shelving reside; 38 percent reside in Australasia and 38 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,499,284. In Australia it is mostly found in: Queensland, where 83 percent live and Western Australia, where 17 percent live. Other than Australia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and China, where 13 percent live.

Shelving Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Shelving has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shelving last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shelvin93649/
Selving9317/
Shellvin885/
Shelvina884/
Shelvine883/
Schelvin880/
Selvin86936/
Scholving8234/
Selvina80790/
Solving8039/
Shelven8037/
Sölving8030/
Selvine8018/
Silving808/
Selvion804/
Chelvin804/
Shilvin800/
Salvaing75203/
Schelven7519/
Syhlvain752/
Silvaing751/
Selvigne751/
Sellevin751/
Chelvain751/
Shelbain750/
Silvin711,066/
Selven71503/
Sylvin71330/
Zelvin7199/
Selvén7173/
Celvin7167/
Selvyn7139/
Selvim7111/
Selvèn711/
Sellevine711/
Schalvink710/
Sylvain6761,959/
Silvain671,799/
Silvine67479/
Silvina67459/
Sylvine67176/
Scholvinck6761/
Schölvinck6734/
Sylvina6727/
Chelven6714/
Celvina6713/
Selveen6710/
Silevin673/
Sylvint672/
Silväng672/
Sylvion671/
Selvyna671/
Selvyne671/
Chilvin671/
Salvinq671/
Silvint671/
Silvien671/
Silvind671/
Sylvein671/

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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 Shelving
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