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 be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shaiikh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaiikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shaiikh is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Shaiikh is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaiikh reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 8,816,843. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent reside, Gujarat, where 5 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 6 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.
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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