Sheikh Forename
914th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 984,895 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 89% | 410,025 | 1:389 | 27 |
| Syria | - | 152,037 | 1:127 | 23 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 125,623 | 1:57 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 87% | 125,017 | 1:1,555 | 296 |
| Egypt | 100% | 38,215 | 1:2,405 | 345 |
| Yemen | - | 35,876 | 1:733 | 128 |
| India | 100% | 28,114 | 1:43,213 | 5,913 |
| Kuwait | - | 18,712 | 1:202 | 19 |
| Gambia | - | 9,227 | 1:209 | 46 |
| Somalia | - | 7,739 | 1:1,748 | 287 |
| Kenya | - | 6,053 | 1:7,650 | 1,066 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 4,265 | 1:7,649 | 903 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,234 | 1:7,192 | 836 |
| Iran | 100% | 3,957 | 1:19,837 | 1,134 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,570 | 1:10,590 | 1,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,098 | 1:14,687 | 2,038 |
| United States | 100% | 1,496 | 1:242,338 | 8,099 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| England | 97% | 1,225 | 1:45,390 | 2,222 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 755 | 1:7,454 | 894 |
| Oman | 83% | 681 | 1:6,033 | 809 |
| Ghana | - | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 522 | 1:340,162 | 12,149 |
| Jordan | 51% | 491 | 1:17,977 | 1,014 |
| Indonesia | - | 422 | 1:611,288 | 43,565 |
| Qatar | 100% | 335 | 1:7,073 | 1,146 |
| Canada | 100% | 212 | 1:156,289 | 6,590 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Liberia | 98% | 162 | 1:27,235 | 1,720 |
| Thailand | 100% | 154 | 1:454,973 | 22,288 |
| Malawi | - | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Iraq | 100% | 116 | 1:301,878 | 4,283 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Israel | 100% | 74 | 1:113,553 | 4,644 |
| Palestine | 90% | 69 | 1:65,943 | 1,630 |
| South Africa | 100% | 67 | 1:813,920 | 33,266 |
| Guyana | 100% | 64 | 1:11,926 | 1,733 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 63 | 1:837,910 | 18,411 |
| Sweden | 94% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Brunei | 100% | 55 | 1:7,629 | 667 |
| Australia | - | 50 | 1:273,152 | 5,786 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Scotland | 100% | 38 | 1:140,799 | 2,887 |
| Norway | 100% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Uganda | 76% | 33 | 1:1,241,119 | 19,738 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Greece | 100% | 28 | 1:390,520 | 5,921 |
| Germany | 100% | 27 | 1:3,580,662 | 16,495 |
| Italy | 100% | 26 | 1:2,348,542 | 15,447 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 24 | 1:56,726 | 4,855 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Ireland | 100% | 17 | 1:273,148 | 4,515 |
| Philippines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,625,592 | 105,856 |
| Ukraine | 93% | 15 | 1:3,033,327 | 6,531 |
| Wales | 93% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14 | 1:820,717 | 10,753 |
| Russia | 100% | 14 | 1:10,302,407 | 38,919 |
| Brazil | - | 12 | 1:17,853,013 | 181,068 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,690,208 | 23,366 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| France | 100% | 8 | 1:8,308,792 | 27,570 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Finland | 57% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Switzerland | - | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Shêikh (1) are calculated separately.
Sheikh (1,360,481) may also be a surname.
Sheikh Forename Popularity
Sheikh Demographics
Average Sheikh Salary in
United States
$43,643 USD
Per year
Rank:
200,231 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000389654
Rank: 8,351 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
100.26%
Sample size: 736 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheikh in the Russian language | ||
| Шеих | seih | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sheikh