Sheeks Surname

312,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sheeks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheeks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1871:305,35728,088
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:415,03030,604

Sheeks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sheeks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sheeks is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sheeks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheeks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 312,422nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,052,779 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sheeks reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,187 people, or 1 in 305,357. In The United States Sheeks is most frequent in: Nevada, where 26 percent reside, Indiana, where 10 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Sheeks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sheeks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheeks last name expanded 981 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sheeks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sheeks surname are 24.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.21% registered to vote for the political party.

Sheeks earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.25% less than the national average, earning $42,608 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Sheksova711/
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Cheaks6710/
Seicks676/
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Shekhz672/
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Sheggs671/
Sheikx671/
Shekshova671/
Seakes671/
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Sheeks Reference & Research

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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 Sheeks
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis