Sherkh Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sherkh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sherkh (10) may also be a first name.
Sherkh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherkh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sherkh (Marathi: शेख, Russian: Шерх) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherkh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Sherkh reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world, held by 10 people.
The surname Sherkh is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Sherkh is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 93 percent are found and West Bengal, where 7 percent are found. Excluding India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 43 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sherkh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sherkh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | 73.91 |
| शेखर् | sekhar | 26.09 |
| Sherkh in the Russian language | ||
| Шерх | serh | - |
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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 Sherkh
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