Sheikh Adan Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Sheikh Adan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Sheikh Adan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheikh Adan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheikh Adan is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sheikh Adan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheikh Adan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 669,375th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheikh Adan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Somalia, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 30,504. Not including Somalia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sheikh Adan
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