Elsheikh Surname
Approximately 132,050 people bear this surname
Elsheikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 86,241 | 1:435 | 49 |
| Egypt | 34,870 | 1:2,637 | 362 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,645 | 1:5,466 | 753 |
| Libya | 4,258 | 1:1,466 | 418 |
| United States | 261 | 1:1,388,732 | 96,054 |
| United Arab Emirates | 155 | 1:59,111 | 5,794 |
| Qatar | 147 | 1:16,041 | 1,752 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Israel | 73 | 1:117,228 | 12,979 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Elsheikh (6,787) may also be a first name.
Elsheikh Demographics
Average Elsheikh Salary in
United States
$44,935 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elsheikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elsheikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elsheikh is found in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Elsheikh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elsheikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elsheikh is the 4,264th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 55,188 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Elsheikh live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Elsheikh is also the 79,174th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 6,787 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Sudan, where it is borne by 86,241 people, or 1 in 435. Excluding Sudan this surname is found in 49 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 26 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent live.
Elsheikh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Elsheikh are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.16% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Elsheikh earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.93% less than the national average, earning R 61,956 per year; in United States they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $44,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.41% less than the national average, earning $44,512 CAD per year.
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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 Elsheikh
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