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Where Does The Last Name Sheikh Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Sheikh (Arabic: لشيخ, Georgian: შეიხ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ, Hindi: शेख, Marathi: शेख, Oriya: େସକ, Russian: Шеих) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheikh? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 372^nd most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,357 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Sheikh reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sheikh is also the 914^th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 984,895 people.

The surname Sheikh is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 349,388 people, or 1 in 456. Outside of Bangladesh this surname exists in 143 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and Pakistan, where 11 percent live.

Sheikh Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (98%) in Kenya, Sunni (91%) in Lebanon and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Sheikh last name are 1.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.04% registered with the political party.

The amount Sheikh earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 82.81% less than the national average, earning €5,163 per year; in Norway they earn 9.04% less than the national average, earning 314,806 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 49.33% more than the national average, earning R 354,876 per year; in United States they earn 12.33% more than the national average, earning $48,469 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $52,503 CAD per year.