Sheken Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sheken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sheken (44) may also be a first name.
Sheken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheken (Oriya: େଶେକନ, Russian: Шекен) is found in Kazakhstan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheken is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sheken live; 85 percent live in Central Asia and 85 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Sheken is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kazakhstan, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 930,658. In Kazakhstan Sheken is primarily concentrated in: Karaganda Region, where 74 percent are found, Almaty, where 5 percent are found and Astana, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kazakhstan Sheken is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kyrgyzstan, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheken in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶେକନ | esekana | - |
| Sheken in the Russian language | ||
| Шекен | seken | - |
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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 Sheken
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