Shekeine Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Shekeine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 130 | 1:355,230 | 20,851 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Shekeine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekeine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekeine is most common in Kenya. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekeine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. Shekeine is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shekeine live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 355,230. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 95 percent live, Busia County, where 3 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya Shekeine occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 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 Shekeine
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