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Definitions for SHELBY
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Wiktionary
Shelbynoun
transferred from the surname.
Shelbynoun
Any one of several cities, townships, and counties.
Etymology: From placenames, possibly "ledge/willow village".
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Shelby
Shelby is a small city and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,429 at the 2010 census.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SHELBY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shelby is ranked #2912 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Shelby surname appeared 12,303 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Shelby.
58.2% or 7,163 total occurrences were White.
36% or 4,432 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 298 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.3% or 287 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 70 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 54 total occurrences were Asian.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SHELBY in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SHELBY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of SHELBY in a Sentence
We’ve not seen a lot of quality Democratic candidates for Senate because Sen. [Richard] Shelby and Sen. Sessions, they were so strongly ensconced in their positions that the Democratic nominee was most often a more fringe candidate and not taken very seriously, jones doesn’t fall in that category – he has a background as a prosecutor, he has linkage to Civil Rights prosecution for the bombers in Birmingham. This makes him a more serious and significant candidate.
I was a Democrat at one time, a long time ago, we all were. I don't know if the President was. But I'm Richard Shelby. I don't think anybody questions that up here.
We’ve not seen a lot of quality Democratic candidates for Senate because Sen. [Richard] Shelby and Sen. Sessions, they were so strongly ensconced in their positions that the Democratic nominee was most often a more fringe candidate and not taken very seriously.
She called me about it and I said 'Mrs. Smith, you're not going to believe this, but I'm parked next to Shelby's memorial as we speak,' and her voice started to crack and then my voice started to crack and it was an emotional conversation.
Shelby has always been the strongest person that I’ve known.
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Translations for SHELBY
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- شيلبيArabic
- přístřešekCzech
- shelbyDanish
- shelbyGerman
- shelbyGreek
- malhelpaEsperanto
- ShelbySpanish
- قفسهPersian
- ShelbyFinnish
- ShelbyFrench
- ShelbyHungarian
- դահլիճArmenian
- shelbyIndonesian
- shelbyItalian
- ShelbyHebrew
- シェルビーJapanese
- 셸비Korean
- shelbyLatin
- shelbyDutch
- shelbyNorwegian
- ShelbyPolish
- ShelbyPortuguese
- shelbyRomanian
- ШелбиRussian
- shelbySwedish
- ஷெல்பிTamil
- ShelbyTelugu
- เชลบีThai
- shelbyTurkish
- шельбиUkrainian
- پناہ گاہUrdu
- tạm biệtVietnamese
- shelbyYiddish
- 谢尔比Chinese
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