Sheekhan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sheekhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheekhan (9) may also be a first name.
Sheekhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheekhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheekhan occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheekhan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sheekhan occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Sheekhan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,941,740th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 9 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 89,321,942. In Pakistan Sheekhan is most frequent in: Balochistan, where 50 percent live and Sindh, where 50 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 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 Sheekhan
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