Shekey Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Shekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Liberia | 78 | 1:56,520 | 4,977 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Shekey (19) may also be a first name.
Shekey Demographics
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Shekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekey (Tibetan: ཤེས་སྐྱིད།) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shekey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,177,228th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Shekey occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Shekey are found; 39 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name Shekey is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States it is primarily found in: Iowa, where 28 percent are found, Georgia, where 16 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 39 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Shekey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shekey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 242 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shekey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shekey surname are 49.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 96.15% registered with the political party.
Shekey earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.49% more than the national average, earning $45,948 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་སྐྱིད། | shékyi | - |
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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 Shekey
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