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Where Does The Last Name Shilets Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Shilets (Russian: Шилец) is held by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shilets? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 613,453^rd most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,488,163 people. The last name Shilets is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Shilets reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Belarus, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 32,650. In Belarus Shilets is mostly concentrated in: Gomel Region, where 54 percent live, Minsk, where 14 percent live and Brest Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Belarus this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 42 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent live.

Shilets Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Shilets surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Shilets surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.