Shejkh Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shejkh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shejkh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shejkh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shejkh (Marathi: शेख) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shejkh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Shejkh reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 89,321,942. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shejkh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shejkh 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 Shejkh
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