Shaleka Surname
Approximately 2,100 people bear this surname
Shaleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Shaleka (127) may also be a first name.
Shaleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaleka (Bengali: শালেকা, Marathi: शळेका) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shaleka.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaleka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 198,981st most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,470,260 people. The surname Shaleka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shaleka reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shaleka is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 127 people.
Shaleka is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Excluding Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaleka in the Marathi language | ||
| शळेका | saleka | - |
| Shaleka in the Bengali language | ||
| শালেকা | saleka | 50 |
| শৈলেকা | saileka | 50 |
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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 Shaleka
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