Mehar Surname
Approximately 45,135 people bear this surname
Mehar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30,542 | 1:25,115 | 1,889 |
| Pakistan | 13,305 | 1:13,427 | 918 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| United Arab Emirates | 157 | 1:58,358 | 5,656 |
| Nepal | 138 | 1:206,384 | 2,985 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 1:1,046,223 | 61,047 |
Mehar (172,734) may also be a first name.
Mehar Demographics
Average Mehar Salary in
United States
$58,596 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mehar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mehar (Bengali: মেহের, Hindi: मेहर, Marathi: मेहर, Oriya: େମହର, Tibetan: མི་ཧར་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,445th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 161,461 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Mehar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 6,083rd most commonly held given name at a global level It is held by 172,734 people.
The surname Mehar is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 30,542 people, or 1 in 25,115. In India Mehar is most frequent in: Haryana, where 33 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 21 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 16 percent reside. Apart from India this last name exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 29 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside.
Mehar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mehar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 185 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 833 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mehar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Mehar are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mehar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 35.8% more than the national average, earning $58,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.87% more than the national average, earning $71,480 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehar in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहर | mehara | 99.28 |
| मेहार | mehara | 0.21 |
| महर | mahara | 0.18 |
| मेहेर | mehera | 0.03 |
| मेहरा | mehara | 0.01 |
| मॆहर | mehara | 0.01 |
| एफ | epha | 0.01 |
| मे्हर | mehara | 0.01 |
| मॅहर | mehara | 0.01 |
| महरे | mahare | 0.01 |
| मे्हरा | mehara | 0.01 |
| Mehar in the Marathi language | ||
| मेहर | mehara | 97.89 |
| मेहेर | mehera | 0.3 |
| मेहरा | mehara | 0.1 |
| हरी | hari | 0.08 |
| मेघा | megha | 0.08 |
| मेहरे | mehare | 0.05 |
| िहरा | ihara | 0.04 |
| मेहार | mehara | 0.03 |
| महर | mahara | 0.02 |
| हरे | hare | 0.02 |
| मेअर | me'ara | 0.01 |
| मेहोर | mehora | 0.01 |
| Mehar in the Oriya language | ||
| େମହର | emahara | 97.87 |
| ହାରା | hara | 0.07 |
| ହର | hara | 0.07 |
| େମହର୍ | emahar | 0.07 |
| Mehar in the Bengali language | ||
| মেহের | mehera | 50 |
| মেহর | mehara | 50 |
| Mehar in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་ཧར་ | mihar | 40 |
| མེ་ཧེར་ | méher | 20 |
| མི་ཧཱར་ | mihar | 20 |
| མེ་ཧར་ | méhar | 10 |
| མི་ཧེར་ | miher | 10 |
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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 Mehar
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