Shek Surname
Approximately 450,653 people bear this surname
Shek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 425,010 | 1:1,805 | 186 |
| Bangladesh | 10,364 | 1:15,376 | 1,171 |
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| Russia | 1,659 | 1:86,873 | 10,911 |
| Hong Kong | 1,434 | 1:5,115 | 241 |
| Somalia | 1,421 | 1:9,467 | 683 |
| United States | 1,173 | 1:309,002 | 28,359 |
| England | 711 | 1:78,366 | 8,789 |
| Scotland | 655 | 1:8,174 | 1,207 |
| Kazakhstan | 578 | 1:30,593 | 4,208 |
| Uzbekistan | 403 | 1:76,747 | 6,424 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Canada | 310 | 1:118,857 | 12,533 |
| Macau | 293 | 1:2,053 | 219 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Belarus | 147 | 1:64,633 | 10,737 |
| Australia | 128 | 1:210,904 | 20,401 |
| United Arab Emirates | 122 | 1:75,101 | 6,965 |
| Ukraine | 104 | 1:437,718 | 51,897 |
| China | 82 | 1:16,674,653 | 960 |
| Germany | 74 | 1:1,087,912 | 72,931 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| Colombia | 58 | 1:823,691 | 8,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 54 | 1:34,167 | 3,366 |
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 1:186,645 | 18,861 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shek (97,249) may also be a first name.
Shek Demographics
Average Male Shek Height
173.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Shek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shek (Bengali: শেক, Hindi: षेक, Marathi: शेक, Oriya: େଶକ, Russian: Шек) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,183rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,171 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shek live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 10,454th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 97,249 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 425,010 people, or 1 in 1,805. In India Shek is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 78 percent are found, Telangana, where 20 percent are found and West Bengal, where 1 percent are found. Other than India it exists in 80 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.
Shek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shek has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 23,460 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Shek are 27.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.44% registered with the party.
The amount Shek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $24,362,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.96% more than the national average, earning $49,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.39% more than the national average, earning $59,317 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shek in the Marathi language | ||
| शेक | seka | 99.9 |
| षेक | seka | 0.1 |
| Shek in the Bengali language | ||
| শেক | seka | 75 |
| শেখ | sekha | 25 |
| Shek in the Hindi language | ||
| षेक | seka | 64.95 |
| शेक | seka | 30.5 |
| शेख | sekha | 3.64 |
| सेक | seka | 0.3 |
| श्ेक | seka | 0.15 |
| Shek in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶକ | esaka | 51.33 |
| େଶକ୍ | esak | 36.88 |
| େସକ | esaka | 4.56 |
| େସକ୍ | esak | 3.8 |
| ଟିେକା | tieka | 0.38 |
| Shek in the Russian language | ||
| Шек | sek | - |
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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 Shek
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