Shekha
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries
/ʃɛkhə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shekha is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 22M(measured from records)
- SYSyria≈1 in 91K
- IQIraq≈1 in 190K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 42 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 91K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Shekha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Shekha | 2 |
| IQ Iraq | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Shekha | 7 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Shekha | 8 |
| IN India | 60 | 1 in 22M | 60 | Shekha | 42 |
| US United States | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 6.8M | listed | Shekha | 38 |
| SE Sweden | 22 | 1 in 464K | 22 | Shekha | 6 |
| NO Norway | 12 | 1 in 456K | 12 | — | 2 |
| IL Israel | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 737K | — | Shekha | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 24K | #26 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 60 | #39,775 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #24,012 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 12 | #53,113 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Shekha?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɛkhə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Shekha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 213 people named Shekha in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shekha.
- How common is the name Shekha?
- In India, the national register counted 60 people named Shekha, about 1 in 22 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shekhaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shekha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.