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
The surname Sheilk is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheilk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The last name Sheilk is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Sheilk is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 83 percent reside and Oyo, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
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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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