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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheilk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Sheilk live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sheilk is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Sheilk is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 83 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Sheilk is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 11 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
- 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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