Sheki Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Sheki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 186 | 1:284,632 | 22,243 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1:964,912 | 14,691 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Sheki (602) may also be a first name.
Sheki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheki (Hindi: शेकी, Marathi: शेकी, Russian: Шеки) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheki is the 515,280th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sheki live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,659th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 602 people.
The surname Sheki is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 284,632. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 48 percent live, Mara Region, where 47 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 29 percent live and India, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheki in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकी | seki | - |
| Sheki in the Hindi language | ||
| शेकी | seki | 92.59 |
| शेकि | seki | 3.7 |
| शंेकी | sameki | 3.7 |
| Sheki in the Russian language | ||
| Шеки | seki | - |
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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 Sheki
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