Sheiekh Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sheiekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheiekh (6) may also be a first name.
Sheiekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheiekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheiekh is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheiekh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sheiekh reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 4,967,096th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 6 people.
The last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,547,962. In Pakistan Sheiekh is most frequent in: Sindh, where 67 percent live and Punjab, where 33 percent live. Beside Pakistan this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 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 Sheiekh
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