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
Sekh Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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 found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 221st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,072 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sekh are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sekh is also the 6,705th most common first name globally, held by 156,648 people.
Sekh is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 2,367,491 people, or 1 in 324. In India it is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 99 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 1 percent reside and Assam, where 0 percent reside. Barring India it is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 0 percent reside and Ukraine, where 0 percent reside.
Sekh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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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