Sheaikh Surname
Approximately 3,097 people bear this surname
Sheaikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 2,206 | 1:6,098 | 506 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| India | 233 | 1:3,292,126 | 95,646 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Sheaikh (104) may also be a first name.
Sheaikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheaikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheaikh (Hindi: शैख, Marathi: शेख) is found most frequently in Somalia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheaikh? popularity and diffusion
Sheaikh is the 143,629th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,353,098 people. The last name Sheaikh is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sheaikh reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Sheaikh is also the 925,156th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 104 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is carried by 2,206 people, or 1 in 6,098. Besides Somalia Sheaikh is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 20 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheaikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheaikh in the Hindi language | ||
| शैख | saikha | - |
| Sheaikh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 99.28 |
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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 Sheaikh
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