Sekh Surname
Approximately 2,371,968 people bear this surname
Sekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,367,491 | 1:324 | 28 |
| Bangladesh | 2,433 | 1:65,498 | 3,262 |
| Ukraine | 1,192 | 1:38,190 | 5,514 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Cambodia | 146 | 1:106,076 | 2,441 |
| Qatar | 125 | 1:18,864 | 2,013 |
| Russia | 108 | 1:1,334,473 | 94,603 |
| Belarus | 73 | 1:130,151 | 18,657 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Sekh (156,648) may also be a first name.
Sekh Demographics
Average Sekh Salary in
United States
$40,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekh (Bengali: শেখ, Georgian: სეხ, Hindi: सेख, Marathi: शेख, Oriya: େଶଖ, Russian: Сех) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekh? popularity and diffusion
Sekh is the 221st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,072 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sekh reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 6,705th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 156,648 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 2,367,491 people, or 1 in 324. In India Sekh is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 99 percent live, Jharkhand, where 1 percent live and Assam, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 0 percent live and Ukraine, where 0 percent live.
Sekh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus and Christian (45%) in Ukraine.
The amount Sekh earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 41.31% more than the national average, earning $32,080,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekh in the Georgian language | ||
| სეხ | sekh | - |
| Sekh in the Hindi language | ||
| सेख | sekha | 85.03 |
| शेख | sekha | 14.44 |
| श्ोख | sokha | 0.09 |
| सेख़ | sekha | 0.09 |
| शेख्ा | sekha | 0.09 |
| शॆख् | sekh | 0.09 |
| Sekh in the Bengali language | ||
| শেখ | sekha | 71.43 |
| সেখ | sekha | 28.57 |
| Sekh in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶଖ | esakha | 62.87 |
| େଶଖ୍ | esakh | 17.65 |
| େସଖ୍ | esakh | 12.07 |
| େସଖ | esakha | 6.14 |
| ଏସେକ | eseka | 0.01 |
| ସେକା | seka | 0.01 |
| େସ୍କ | eska | 0 |
| ଇସାଖ୍ | isakh | 0 |
| ଇଶାଖ୍ | isakh | 0 |
| Sekh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 40.96 |
| ेख | ekha | 33.31 |
| सेख | sekha | 24.18 |
| शेक | seka | 0.35 |
| सेक | seka | 0.15 |
| शॆख | sekha | 0.12 |
| Sekh in the Russian language | ||
| Сех | seh | - |
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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 Sekh
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