Sheqa Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Sheqa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| Kosovo | 43 | 1:43,299 | 3,650 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Sheqa (11) may also be a first name.
Sheqa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheqa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheqa occurs more in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sheqa.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheqa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 812,930th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sheqa live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Sheqa is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
Sheqa is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Besides Somalia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 13 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sheqa
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