Shaiikh Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Shaiikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shaiikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaiikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaiikh (Marathi: शीख) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaiikh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,860,621st most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaiikh reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 8,816,843. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent are found, Gujarat, where 5 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 6 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaiikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaiikh in the Marathi language | ||
| शीख | sikha | - |
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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 Shaiikh
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