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
The last name Shaleka (Bengali: শালেকা, Marathi: शळेका) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaleka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 198,981st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,470,260 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shaleka live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 825,494th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 127 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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