Sheikhah Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Sheikhah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 186 | 1:412,809 | 26,234 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheikhah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheikhah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheikhah is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sheikhah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheikhah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheikhah is the 1,231,034th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Sheikhah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sheikhah reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Sheikhah is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 412,809. In Iran Sheikhah is primarily found in: Kurdistan Province, where 91 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 6 percent are found and Hamadan Province, where 1 percent are found. Other than Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Somalia, 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
- 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 Sheikhah
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