Alshekh Surname
Approximately 4,092 people bear this surname
Alshekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Alshekh (15) may also be a first name.
Alshekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alshekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alshekh is found most frequently in Sudan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alshekh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 113,107th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,780,925 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Alshekh live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in Sudan, where it is held by 2,800 people, or 1 in 13,396. Outside of Sudan this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found and Egypt, 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 Alshekh
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