Shwekh Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Shwekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Shwekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shwekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shwekh (Marathi: शेख) is found most in Egypt. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shwekh? popularity and diffusion
Shwekh is the 1,612,213th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shwekh reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Excluding Egypt it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shwekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shwekh in the Marathi language | ||
| शेख | sekha | - |
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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 Shwekh
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