Shekih Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Shekih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Shekih (73) may also be a first name.
Shekih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekih (Marathi: शेख) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekih? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,980,395th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shekih live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 73 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,969,864. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 56 percent are found, Punjab, where 24 percent are found and Balochistan, where 9 percent are found. Barring Pakistan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 47 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekih in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 88.89 |
| शेखान | sekhana | 11.11 |
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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 Shekih
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