Shkha Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Shkha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shkha (90) may also be a first name.
Shkha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shkha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shkha (Hindi: शिखा, Marathi: शेख, Oriya: ଶ୍ଖ) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shkha.
How Common Is The Last Name Shkha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Shkha live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shkha is also the 1,005,046th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 90 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 59 percent live, Bihar, where 23 percent live and Delhi, where 14 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shkha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shkha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶ୍ଖ | skha | - |
| Shkha in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | - |
| Shkha in the Hindi language | ||
| शिखा | sikha | 66.67 |
| श्खा | skha | 33.33 |
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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 Shkha
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