Sheilkh Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sheilkh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheilkh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheilkh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheilkh (Marathi: शेख) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sheilkh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheilkh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Sheilkh live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 45 percent reside and West Bengal, where 5 percent reside. Apart from India Sheilkh is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheilkh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheilkh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | - |
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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 Sheilkh
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