El Shekh Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shekh Surname

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
Egypt6711:137,01310,788
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Shekh Last Name Facts

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

El Shekh is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 489,550th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. This surname is mostly found 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 widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 671 people, or 1 in 137,013. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Sheikh9419,054/
El Shiekh944,543/
El Sheakh94153/
El Sheekh941/
El Shikh881,126/
El-Shekh88155/
El Sheik8820/
El Shiek883/
El Sheak881/
El Shech881/
El-Sheikh8210,000/
El-Shiekh82959/
El Shaikh82946/
El-Sheykh8212/
El-Sheakh821/
El Shik809/
El-Shikh75524/
El-Sheik75168/
El Check7510/
El-Shiek759/
El Cheik756/
El Cheyk751/
El-Sheck751/
El Shaik751/
El-Shaikh71894/
El-Cheikh71193/
El Sik7127/
El Cheixh716/
El Shaick714/
El Cheikk711/
El Zek711/
El Cheick711/
El Chuikh711/
El Cheich711/
El-Sheick711/
El-Scheich679/
El Seag677/
El Zeek671/
El Chik671/
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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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