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
Ekhar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: ोखर, Marathi: इखार) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekhar is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Ekhar is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Ekhar reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ekhar is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 5,253,872. In India Ekhar is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent live, Bihar, where 32 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Excluding India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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