Shak is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shak
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shak

How popular is Shak?

Shak is common in Bangladesh.

Shak is ranked 35758 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shak bearers increased by 5.612245 per cent in 2010 US census to 207 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1320 spots and ranked at 89403. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.79 56.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 35.75 34.69
Others 6.28 5.61
Black 4.83 0
Hispanic or Latino 4.35 0
Shak is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Bangladesh is ahead in terms of density. Around 13867 people have been found who wears Shak as their family name. Shak is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,853 Armenia6
179,761 Australia6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,053 Senegal5
14,054 China3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
761 Brunei3
6,706 Lebanon3
1,922 Libya3
67,494 South Africa3
32,086 Mexico3
661,536 Indonesia3
4,881 Oman3
10,329 Pakistan3
18,035 Egypt2
219,873 France2
10,183 Jordan2
18,625 Japan2
91,024 Belgium1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
7,198 Maldives1
42,479 Greece1
14,618 Guyana1
38,841 Scotland1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
77,122 Sweden1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
95,259 Italy45
67,981 Canada43
94,027 England32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
36,547 Switzerland27
15,050 Singapore18
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,270 Belarus54
43,380 Kazakhstan52
Countries with hundreds of Shak:
12,805 Iran614
4,469 Malaysia506
15,800 Ukraine360
41,529 Russia354
92,104 United States250
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
Countries with thousands of Shak:
7,586 India6,645
2,227 Bangladesh4,469
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Shak Namesakes

  • Zaid ibn Shaker, Commander-in-chief
  • Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali Politician
  • Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali Politician
  • Abdulaziz Shaker, Hani Shaker's father
  • Nicholas Shakespeare, Novelist
  • Fadl Shaker, Singer
  • Afaf Shaker, Kamal el-Shennawi's wife
  • Afeni Shakur, Businesswoman
  • Tupac Shakur, Rapper
  • Ajaya Kranti Shakya, Author

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