Abu Shakir Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Abu Shakir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Abu Shakir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Shakir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abu Shakir is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Abu Shakir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Shakir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Abu Shakir are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.
This last name is most frequently used in Israel, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 199,015. In Israel it is most common in: Jerusalem District, where 56 percent are found and Haifa District, where 44 percent are found. Beside Israel it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 4 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Sakir | 95 | 9 | / |
| Abu Shaker | 90 | 1,131 | / |
| Abou Sakir | 90 | 1 | / |
| Abu-Shakeir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abu Saker | 84 | 4 | / |
| Abu Saqir | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abu Shoker | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abou Zakhir | 76 | 22 | / |
| Abou Chaker | 76 | 3 | / |
| Abou-Shokair | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abou-Chaker | 67 | 12 | / |
| Abou-Sakher | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abu-Saqer | 63 | 2 | / |
| Abou-Choukeir | 61 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Shakir
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