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
The surname Sheku (Hindi: शेकू, Marathi: शेकु, Tibetan: ཤེལ་སྐུ།) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 91,063rd most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,385,992 people. The surname Sheku occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Sheku are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sheku is also the 16,067th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 59,035 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 4,795 people, or 1 in 159,972. In India Sheku is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 53 percent live, Telangana, where 45 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Excluding India this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Sheku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sheku last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political 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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