Sheku Surname
Approximately 5,258 people bear this surname
Sheku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,795 | 1:159,972 | 9,981 |
| Liberia | 170 | 1:25,933 | 2,530 |
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Sheku (59,035) may also be a first name.
Sheku Demographics
Average Sheku Salary in
United States
$51,087 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheku (Hindi: शेकू, Marathi: शेकु, Tibetan: ཤེལ་སྐུ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheku? popularity and diffusion
Sheku is the 91,063rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,385,992 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Sheku live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sheku is also the 16,067th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 59,035 people.
Sheku is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 4,795 people, or 1 in 159,972. In India it is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 53 percent reside, Telangana, where 45 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Sheku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sheku are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Sheku earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.4% more than the national average, earning $51,087 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེལ་སྐུ། | shelku | - |
| Sheku in the Hindi language | ||
| शेकू | seku | 76.47 |
| शेकु | seku | 14.71 |
| शेखू | sekhu | 2.94 |
| शेखु | sekhu | 2.94 |
| शेबु | sebu | 2.94 |
| Sheku in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकु | seku | 56.36 |
| शेकू | seku | 42.09 |
| शेखू | sekhu | 0.07 |
| शेख़ु | sekhu | 0.07 |
| शकु | saku | 0.04 |
| जशेकु | jaseku | 0.04 |
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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 Sheku
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