Sheikh Ahmad Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sheikh Ahmad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sheikh Ahmad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheikh Ahmad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheikh Ahmad occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheikh Ahmad? popularity and diffusion
Sheikh Ahmad is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Sheikh Ahmad is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Sheikh Ahmad live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This surname is most common in Afghanistan, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 1,461,508. In Afghanistan Sheikh Ahmad is most common in: Farah, where 41 percent are found, Herat, where 14 percent are found and Badakhshan, where 9 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
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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
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