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
The last name Sheqa is more commonly found in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheqa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 812,930th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sheqa reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The surname Sheqa is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Barring Somalia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 13 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside.
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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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