El-Sheikh Surname

51,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Sudan

El-Sheikh Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Sheikh.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El-Sheikh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6,0711:15,1431,795
Sudan2,8001:13,3961,853
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
England121:4,643,172139,951
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El-Sheikh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Sheikh Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Sheikh occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Sheikh? popularity and diffusion

El-Sheikh is the 51,272nd most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 728,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of El-Sheikh live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 6,071 people, or 1 in 15,143. Apart from Egypt it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 28 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent reside.

El-Sheikh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the El-Sheikh surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.

The amount El-Sheikh earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 27.98% less than the national average, earning $31,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.62% less than the national average, earning $37,948 CAD per year.

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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 El-Sheikh
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