Sheilk Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sheilk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheilk (13) may also be a first name.
Sheilk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheilk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheilk is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheilk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sheilk live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 83 percent are found and Oyo, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 11 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 Sheilk
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