Abdisheikh Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Abdisheikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Abdisheikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdisheikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abdisheikh is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abdisheikh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdisheikh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Abdisheikh are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Abdisheikh is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Abdisheikh is primarily concentrated in: Mombasa County, where 67 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 17 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdishekh | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abdusheikh | 90 | 4 | / |
| Abdisheick | 90 | 1 | / |
| Abdisekh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Abdishiek | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abdishkova | 70 | 20 | / |
| Abdechik | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abdissak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abdushyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abdyshayke | 60 | 1 | / |
| Abdezzak | 56 | 1 | / |
| Abdysakova | 50 | 36 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Abdisheikh
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