Sikh Surname
Approximately 1,384 people bear this surname
Sikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 582 | 1:1,317,982 | 51,527 |
| Syria | 296 | 1:65,206 | 2,960 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Iran | 86 | 1:892,820 | 42,918 |
| Jordan | 85 | 1:104,029 | 7,194 |
| Afghanistan | 46 | 1:698,982 | 7,726 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Palestine | 12 | 1:379,071 | 11,768 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sikh (485) may also be a first name.
Sikh Demographics
Average Sikh Salary in
United States
$48,714 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikh (Arabic: سكه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻚ, Hindi: सीख, Marathi: सीख, Oriya: ସିକା) has its highest incidence in India. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 279,323rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,265,568 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Sikh are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 42 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 385,996th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 485 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 582 people, or 1 in 1,317,982. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent reside, Assam, where 18 percent reside and Karnataka, where 10 percent reside. Aside from India this last name is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 21 percent reside and Egypt, where 9 percent reside.
Sikh Last Name Statistics demography
Sikh earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% more than the national average, earning $48,714 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sikh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻚ | alsyk | - |
| Sikh in the Marathi language | ||
| सीख | sikha | 95.12 |
| ीख | ikha | 4.88 |
| Sikh in the Hindi language | ||
| सीख | sikha | 51.06 |
| सिख | sikha | 46.81 |
| शेख | sekha | 2.13 |
| Sikh in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିକା | sika | 33.33 |
| ଶିଖ୍ | sikh | 33.33 |
| ଶିକୁ | siku | 33.33 |
| Sikh in the Arabic language | ||
| سكه | skh | - |
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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 Sikh
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