Sheqiri Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Sheqiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 506 | 1:3,680 | 618 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Sheqiri (17) may also be a first name.
Sheqiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheqiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheqiri occurs more in Kosovo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheqiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheqiri is the 585,091st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,621,581 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sheqiri live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in Albano-Europe. Sheqiri is also the 2,694,839th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
The last name Sheqiri is most commonly occurring in Kosovo, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 3,680. In Kosovo it is mostly concentrated in: District of Pristina, where 98 percent live, District of Mitrovica, where 1 percent live and District of Ferizaj, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kosovo it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sheqiri
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