El-Shikh Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
El-Shikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El-Shikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El-Shikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El-Shikh is most common in Egypt. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El-Shikh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 594,812th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Shikh reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 177,140. Other than Egypt El-Shikh occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El-Sheikh | 94 | 10,000 | / |
| El-Shiekh | 94 | 959 | / |
| El-Shaikh | 94 | 894 | / |
| El Shikh | 88 | 1,126 | / |
| El-Sheik | 88 | 168 | / |
| El-Shekh | 88 | 155 | / |
| El-Shiek | 88 | 9 | / |
| El Sheikh | 82 | 19,054 | / |
| El Shiekh | 82 | 4,543 | / |
| El Shaikh | 82 | 946 | / |
| El-Cheikh | 82 | 193 | / |
| El-Sheykh | 82 | 12 | / |
| El-Sheakh | 82 | 1 | / |
| El-Sheick | 82 | 1 | / |
| El-Chaikh | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Shik | 80 | 9 | / |
| El-Scheich | 78 | 9 | / |
| El Shekh | 75 | 677 | / |
| El Sheik | 75 | 20 | / |
| El-Cheik | 75 | 3 | / |
| El Shiek | 75 | 3 | / |
| El Shaik | 75 | 1 | / |
| El-Sheck | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Sheakh | 71 | 153 | / |
| El Sik | 71 | 27 | / |
| El Shaick | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Sheekh | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Chuikh | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Chik | 67 | 1 | / |
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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-Shikh
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