Shakay Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Shakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 211 | 1:75,383 | 5,552 |
| India | 165 | 1:4,648,881 | 119,525 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Shakay (60) may also be a first name.
Shakay Demographics
Shakay Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shakay (Hindi: शाकय, Marathi: शाकय, Russian: Шакай) occurs most in Ecuador. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shakay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakay? popularity and diffusion
Shakay is the 675,256th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. The last name Shakay is mostly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Shakay live; 49 percent live in South America and 49 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 60 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Ecuador, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 75,383. In Ecuador Shakay is most frequent in: Morona Santiago Province, where 83 percent reside, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, where 11 percent reside and Pastaza Province, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Ecuador this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 37 percent reside and Iraq, where 10 percent reside.
Shakay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Sunni (83%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakay in the Marathi language | ||
| शाकय | sakaya | 75 |
| शकय | sakaya | 25 |
| Shakay in the Hindi language | ||
| शाकय | sakaya | 59.62 |
| शाक्य | sakya | 36.54 |
| शाक्स | saksa | 1.92 |
| शाक्या | sakya | 1.92 |
| Shakay in the Russian language | ||
| Шакай | sakaj | - |
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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 Shakay
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