Hekha Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Hekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Hekha (100) may also be a first name.
Hekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hekha (Marathi: शेख) is found most in India. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Hekha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Hekha is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Hekha are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 100 people.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 27,395,192. In India it is most frequent in: Nagaland, where 86 percent live and Maharashtra, where 7 percent live. Outside of India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Palestine, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hekha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hekha in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 80 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 20 |
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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 Hekha
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