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
Alshekh occurs most in Sudan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alshekh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 113,107th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,780,925 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Alshekh reside; 81 percent reside in North Africa and 81 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Alshekh is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Sudan, where it is carried by 2,800 people, or 1 in 13,396. Other than Sudan this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 13 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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