Shemelev Surname

400,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 877 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Shemelev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shemelev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia8171:176,40519,863
Ukraine491:929,03588,842
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Shemelev Last Name Facts

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

Shemelev (Russian: Шемелев) is found most in Russia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shemelev.

How Common Is The Last Name Shemelev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 400,713th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname Shemelev is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Shemelev reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in North Caucasus.

The last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 817 people, or 1 in 176,405. In Russia Shemelev is most common in: Chechen Republic, where 87 percent live, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 4 percent live and Samara Oblast, where 2 percent live. Outside of Russia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 6 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.

Shemelev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Shemelev last name is primarily Muslim (86%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Shemelev surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 52.38% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shemelev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shemelev in the Russian language
Шемелевsemelev-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shemelev
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