Sheikh Omar Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Sheikh Omar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Palestine | 25 | 1:181,954 | 8,921 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sheikh Omar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheikh Omar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheikh Omar is most common in Somalia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheikh Omar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 643,972nd most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sheikh Omar reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.
Sheikh Omar is most frequently used in Somalia, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 30,504. Beside Somalia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 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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