El Sheik Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

El Sheik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Sheik 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
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Sheik Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sheik is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Sheik? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Sheik is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of El Sheik are found; 50 percent are found in Australasia and 50 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name El Sheik is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,699,570. In Australia El Sheik is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

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 Sheikh9419,054/
El Shik939/
El Sheiikh894/
El Shikh881,126/
El Shekh88677/
El-Sheik88168/
El Cheik886/
El Shiek883/
El Sheak881/
El Shaik881/
El Sik8627/
El-Sheikh8210,000/
El Shiekh824,543/
El Shaikh82946/
El Sheakh82153/
El Shaick824/
El Cheikk821/
El Sheekh821/
El Cheick821/
El-Sheick821/
El Shak8020/
El Chik801/
El-Shikh75524/
El-Shekh75155/
El Shakh7510/
El Check7510/
El-Shiek759/
El Shiqq754/
El Shidq754/
El Shakk754/
El-Cheik753/
El Cheyk751/
El Sahak751/
El-Sheck751/
El Chaik751/
El-Shiekh71959/
El-Shaikh71894/
El Shakhs71307/
El-Cheikh71193/
El-Sheykh7112/
El Cheixh716/
El Shoukh716/
El-Sheakh711/
El Zek711/
El Shakhd711/
El Chuikh711/
El Shaq67153/
El Saiq679/
El Seag677/
El Saig676/
El-Shak674/
El Saqh674/
El Sagh674/
El Zeek671/
El Sadk671/
El Shajakh671/
El Shag671/
El Sakh671/
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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 Sheik
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