Shek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 石 (sek⁶).

Proper noun

Shek (plural Sheks)

A surname from Cantonese.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Shek is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Shek is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (80.87%) and White (11.9%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

kesh

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