Al Shaikh Surname
Approximately 5,029 people bear this surname
Al Shaikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 3,737 | 1:8,257 | 1,150 |
| Bahrain | 838 | 1:1,609 | 228 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1:107,791 | 9,280 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Al Shaikh (24) may also be a first name.
Al Shaikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shaikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al Shaikh occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shaikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Shaikh is the 94,700th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,449,104 people. The surname Al Shaikh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Al Shaikh are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Al Shaikh is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 24 people.
The surname Al Shaikh is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 3,737 people, or 1 in 8,257. Barring Saudi Arabia it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Bahrain, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 5 percent live.
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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
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