Sjeikh Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Sjeikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sjeikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sjeikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sjeikh has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sjeikh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sjeikh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Sjeikh is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Sjeikh live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Sjeikh is most numerous in: Assam, where 50 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 50 percent live. Outside of India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live.
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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 Sjeikh
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