Shekie Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Shekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 41 | 1:107,525 | 8,436 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Shekie (52) may also be a first name.
Shekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekie occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shekie.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekie is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Shekie live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held forename globally It is held by 52 people.
The last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 107,525. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 80 percent live and Montserrado County, where 20 percent live. Other than Liberia Shekie is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Ireland, where 2 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 Shekie
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