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Is Sheikh a Male or Female Name?

Sheikh is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sheikh globally is 94.7% males and 5.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Malaysia with 98.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Bangladesh with 9.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sheikh in percentages: Globally: 94.7% males, 5.3% females, Bangladesh: 90.7% males, 9.3% females, Saudi Arabia: 95.5% males, 4.5% females, India: 92.1% males, 7.9% females, Malaysia: 98.3% males, 1.7% females, Oman: 95.4% males, 4.6% females, Qatar: 96.7% males, 3.3% females, Kuwait: 92.5% males, 7.5% females, Singapore: 98.1% males, 1.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sheikh are 18-24 years old, making up 71.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sheikh in each age group: 18-24: 71.9%, 25-34: 9.8%, 35-44: 6.4%, 45-54: 4.7%, 55-64: 3.7%, 65+: 3.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sheikh is Bangladesh with 0.1113% of the population. Following is Qatar and Oman.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Sheikh measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sheikh year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.0005‰, 1958: 0.0013‰, 1959: 0.0003‰, 1960: 0.0006‰, 1961: 0.0007‰, 1962: 0.0008‰, 1963: 0.0011‰, 1964: 0.0007‰, 1965: 0.001‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0006‰, 1968: 0.0009‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0008‰, 1971: 0.0008‰, 1972: 0.0011‰, 1973: 0.0009‰, 1974: 0.0012‰, 1975: 0.0011‰, 1976: 0.0012‰, 1977: 0.0008‰, 1978: 0.001‰, 1979: 0.0013‰, 1980: 0.0009‰, 1981: 0.001‰, 1982: 0.0014‰, 1983: 0.0015‰, 1984: 0.0013‰, 1985: 0.0016‰, 1986: 0.0014‰, 1987: 0.0014‰, 1988: 0.0018‰, 1989: 0.0015‰, 1990: 0.0013‰, 1991: 0.0014‰, 1992: 0.0019‰, 1993: 0.0019‰, 1994: 0.0024‰, 1995: 0.0032‰, 1996: 0.0034‰, 1997: 0.0051‰, 1998: 0.0087‰, 1999: 0.0096‰, 2000: 0.0129‰, 2001: 0.0484‰

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