Sheekh Surname
Approximately 4,854 people bear this surname
Sheekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 3,333 | 1:4,036 | 359 |
| Afghanistan | 493 | 1:65,219 | 2,045 |
| Pakistan | 199 | 1:897,708 | 12,217 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Somaliland | 168 | 1:20,834 | 879 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Sheekh (1,348) may also be a first name.
Sheekh Demographics
Average Sheekh Salary in
United States
$36,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheekh (Hindi: शेेख, Marathi: शेख, Oriya: େସଖ୍) is more frequently found in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sheekh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheekh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,738th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,501,349 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Sheekh live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Sheekh is also the 213,757th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 1,348 people.
The last name Sheekh is most widely held in Somalia, where it is carried by 3,333 people, or 1 in 4,036. Without taking into account Somalia it exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
Sheekh Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sheekh earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 41.43% less than the national average, earning 202,690 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,025 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheekh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 66.67 |
| सेख | sekha | 33.33 |
| Sheekh in the Hindi language | ||
| शेेख | seekha | 50 |
| शेख | sekha | 50 |
| Sheekh in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଖ୍ | esakh | 50 |
| େଶଖ୍ | esakh | 50 |
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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 Sheekh
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