El-Shekh Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Shekh Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Shekh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

El-Shekh Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Shekh is most common in Egypt. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 1,403,590th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname El-Shekh occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Shekh live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Aside from Egypt this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Sheikh9410,000/
El-Shiekh94959/
El-Sheykh9412/
El-Sheakh941/
El Shekh88677/
El-Shikh88524/
El-Sheik88168/
El-Shiek889/
El-Sheck881/
El Sheikh8219,054/
El Shiekh824,543/
El-Shaikh82894/
El-Cheikh82193/
El Sheakh82153/
El-Sheick821/
El Sheekh821/
El-Scheich789/
El Shikh751,126/
El Sheik7520/
El-Cheik753/
El Shiek753/
El Sheak751/
El Shech751/
El Shaikh71946/
El-Chaikh711/
El Shik679/
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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 El-Shekh
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