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 occurs most in India. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheeikh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sheeikh is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sheeikh are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most common in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 88 percent are found and West Bengal, where 13 percent are found. Besides India Sheeikh exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 15 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.
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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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