Ekhar Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Ekhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ekhar (14) may also be a first name.
Ekhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekhar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: ोखर, Marathi: इखार) is found most frequently in India. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekhar.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekhar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Ekhar are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename in the world, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 5,253,872. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent reside, Bihar, where 32 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Beside India it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekhar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻛﺎﺭ | akar | - |
| Ekhar in the Marathi language | ||
| इखार | ikhara | 72.73 |
| ईखार | ikhara | 20.78 |
| एखार | ekhara | 1.95 |
| ईखर | ikhara | 1.3 |
| एखर | ekhara | 1.3 |
| शेख | sekha | 0.65 |
| Ekhar in the Hindi language | ||
| ोखर | okhara | 66.67 |
| ेखर | ekhara | 33.33 |
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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 Ekhar
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