Shellam Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Shellam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shellam family

Profession Census Frequency
Groom 2
Field Labourer 1
Joiner Apprentice 1
Boot Shoe Maker 1
Carpenter 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shellam

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shellam 19
William Shellam 14
Frederick Shellam 13
Alfred Shellam 12
Sarah Shellam 11
Elizabeth Shellam 10
George Shellam 10
Thomas Shellam 10
Charles Shellam 9
Joseph Shellam 9
John Shellam 8
Daniel Shellam 7
Albert Shellam 6
Annie Shellam 6
Arthur Shellam 6
Ernest Shellam 6
Harriet Shellam 5
Dinah Shellam 4
Edith Shellam 4
Ellen Shellam 4
Emily Shellam 4
Henry Shellam 4
James Shellam 4
Priscilla Shellam 4
Robert Shellam 4

Shellam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shillam 86% 1,092
2 Shellam 100% 295
3 Shillum 71% 158
4 Shellum 86% 152

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The surname Shellam is the 2nd most popular variant of Shillam.

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