Sheak Surname
Approximately 23,552 people bear this surname
Sheak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 12,256 | 1:13,002 | 1,029 |
| India | 10,996 | 1:69,759 | 4,736 |
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Sheak (5,750) may also be a first name.
Sheak Demographics
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Sheak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheak (Hindi: शेआक, Marathi: शक, Oriya: େସକ) occurs most in Bangladesh. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sheak.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 23,018th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 309,424 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sheak live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 88,044th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 5,750 people.
The last name Sheak is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 12,256 people, or 1 in 13,002. Beside Bangladesh it is found in 22 countries. It is also found in India, where 47 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Sheak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheak last name grew 281 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sheak are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.42% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sheak earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.27% more than the national average, earning $44,992 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheak in the Hindi language | ||
| शेआक | se'aka | - |
| Sheak in the Marathi language | ||
| शक | saka | 84.62 |
| हक | haka | 7.69 |
| शेक | seka | 7.69 |
| Sheak in the Oriya language | ||
| େସକ | esaka | 33.33 |
| େସକ୍ | esak | 22.22 |
| େଶଖ୍ | esakh | 11.11 |
| େସଖ୍ | esakh | 11.11 |
| େଶଖ | esakha | 11.11 |
| େସଖ | esakha | 11.11 |
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Sheak Reference & Research
Sheeks FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sheak
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis