Shekah Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Shekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shekah (38) may also be a first name.
Shekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekah (Marathi: शेख) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shekah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekah is the 1,918,812th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shekah reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 54 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 38 people.
Shekah is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 15,040,498. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 71 percent live, Bihar, where 16 percent live and Jharkhand, where 6 percent live. Aside from India Shekah exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and Egypt, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekah in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 95.92 |
| शेखाक | sekhaka | 4.08 |
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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 Shekah
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