Shorkh Surname
Approximately 1,695 people bear this surname
Shorkh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1,609 | 1:5,496 | 1,107 |
| Palestine | 52 | 1:87,478 | 6,579 |
| Syria | 27 | 1:714,853 | 5,897 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shorkh Demographics
Shorkh Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shorkh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shorkh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shorkh (Russian: Шорх) occurs most in Jordan. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shorkh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 236,965th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,299,437 people. The surname Shorkh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shorkh reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant.
The surname is most prevalent in Jordan, where it is borne by 1,609 people, or 1 in 5,496. In Jordan it is mostly concentrated in: Amman Governorate, where 77 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 11 percent live and Aqaba Governorate, where 9 percent live. Barring Jordan it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 3 percent live and Syria, where 2 percent live.
Shorkh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Shorkh surname is primarily Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shorkh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shorkh in the Russian language | ||
| Шорх | sorh | - |
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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 Shorkh
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