Seekha Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Seekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Seekha (239) may also be a first name.
Seekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seekha (Hindi: सीखा, Oriya: ଶିଖା) is found most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seekha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Seekha reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 578,640th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 239 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 75 percent live, Bihar, where 8 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 8 percent live. Besides India Seekha exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 13 percent live and Afghanistan, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seekha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seekha in the Hindi language | ||
| सीखा | sikha | 83.33 |
| शिखा | sikha | 16.67 |
| Seekha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଖା | sikha | 42.86 |
| ଶୀଖା | sikha | 42.86 |
| ଶୀଖାାଇଁ | sikhaa'im | 14.29 |
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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 Seekha
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