Kherkar Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Kherkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 383 | 1:2,002,782 | 68,686 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
Kherkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kherkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kherkar (Marathi: खेरकर) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kherkar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 746,827th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kherkar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 2,002,782. In India Kherkar is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 97 percent live, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where 1 percent live and Telangana, where 1 percent live. Besides India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Oman, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kherkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kherkar in the Marathi language | ||
| खेरकर | kherakara | 98.11 |
| खरकर | kharakara | 0.38 |
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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 Kherkar
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