Sheikhian Surname

198,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Sheikhian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheikhian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2,0941:36,6684,326
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sheikhian (33) may also be a first name.

Sheikhian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sheikhian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sheikhian is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheikhian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 198,459th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,458,731 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sheikhian live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sheikhian is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 33 people.

The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 2,094 people, or 1 in 36,668. In Iran Sheikhian is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 12 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 10 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

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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 Sheikhian
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