Sheeikh Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sheeikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sheeikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheeikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheeikh is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheeikh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Sheeikh is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Sheeikh live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Sheeikh is primarily found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 88 percent live and West Bengal, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account India it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Sheeikh
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