El Sheikhan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
El Sheikhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
El Sheikhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Sheikhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Sheikhan occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Sheikhan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sheikhan reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Levant.
It is most frequently held in Syria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,754,638. In Syria it is most prevalent in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Beside Syria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 7 percent are found and Lebanon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Sheikhoun | 87 | 1 | / |
| El Sekham | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Shakan | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Sakhan | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Sakan | 74 | 1,007 | / |
| El Shadkham | 73 | 29 | / |
| El Shajan | 70 | 397 | / |
| El Sakaan | 70 | 200 | / |
| El Chakham | 67 | 9 | / |
| El Sajjan | 60 | 183 | / |
| El Soujan | 60 | 50 | / |
| El Saqaan | 60 | 9 | / |
| El-Sakaan | 60 | 8 | / |
| El Sacaan | 60 | 1 | / |
| El-Saskaan | 57 | 3 | / |
| El Shakasim | 55 | 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 Sheikhan
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