Sheek Surname
Approximately 2,880 people bear this surname
Sheek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 833 | 1:16,149 | 1,019 |
| India | 764 | 1:1,004,012 | 42,354 |
| United States | 670 | 1:540,983 | 44,835 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 135 | 1:371,990 | 28,019 |
Sheek (491) may also be a first name.
Sheek Demographics
Average Sheek Salary in
United States
$41,913 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheek occurs in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,747th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,530,398 people. The surname Sheek occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Sheek reside; 39 percent reside in South Asia and 29 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 383,498th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 491 people.
The last name Sheek is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is held by 833 people, or 1 in 16,149. Other than Somalia this last name exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.
Sheek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sheek has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 496 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sheek are 31.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.1% registered to vote for the political party.
Sheek earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.86% less than the national average, earning $41,913 USD per year.
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Sheek 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 Sheek
- 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