Sheilah Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Sheilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 158 | 1:292,278 | 18,763 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Sheilah (23,020) may also be a first name.
Sheilah Demographics
Sheilah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sheilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheilah is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheilah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,353,468th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. Sheilah is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheilah reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 33,999th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 23,020 people.
Sheilah is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 292,278. In Kenya Sheilah is primarily concentrated in: Uasin Gishu County, where 46 percent reside, Nandi County, where 41 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.
Sheilah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sheilah surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sheilah
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