Al Shakah Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Qatar

Al Shakah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Shakah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Al Shakah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Shakah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al Shakah occurs in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Shakah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Al Shakah live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Levant.

Al Shakah is most common in Syria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,825,256. In Syria it is primarily found in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Not including Syria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 17 percent are found and Qatar, where 17 percent are found.

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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 Al Shakah
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