How rare is the last name Sheikh?

8,383 people in the United States have the last name Sheikh, about 1 in 35,655. It ranks #4,109 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEIKH

#4,109

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,383
About
1 in 35,655
This common or more
56.2%
Who bears it

Of the 8,383 people with the last name Sheikh, 71.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 14.5% as Black and 7.1% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sheikh

#4,107 Dodds · 8,386#4,107 Miramontes · 8,386#4,110 Barnette · 8,382#4,111 Merriman · 8,380

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sheikh, most common first.

#3,832 Shaikh · 9,032#40,169 Sheik · 589

Also a first name

As a first name, Sheikh ranks #9,732 of 53,615, with 1,410 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2020, with 25 births. See Sheikh as a first name

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