Shaikhani Surname
Approximately 890 people bear this surname
Shaikhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 371 | 1:15,194 | 2,059 |
| Syria | 303 | 1:63,700 | 2,912 |
| Pakistan | 90 | 1:1,984,932 | 19,183 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 | 1:572,642 | 23,583 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shaikhani Demographics
Shaikhani Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shaikhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaikhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaikhani (Marathi: शेखानी) is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaikhani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shaikhani is the 396,198th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,188,254 people. The last name Shaikhani occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shaikhani are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 77 percent are found in Levant.
The last name Shaikhani is most common in Lebanon, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 15,194. In Lebanon Shaikhani is most common in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 67 percent live, North Governorate, where 16 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 9 percent live. Beside Lebanon it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 34 percent live and Pakistan, where 10 percent live.
Shaikhani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (45%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaikhani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaikhani in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखानी | sekhani | 85.71 |
| शैखानी | saikhani | 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 Shaikhani
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