Al Sheakh Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Sheakh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Sheakh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Al Sheakh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Sheakh is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Al Sheakh are found; 50 percent are found in North Africa and 50 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Apart from Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 25 percent are found and Syria, where 13 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 Sheakh
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