Mekhar Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Mekhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Mekhar (22) may also be a first name.
Mekhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekhar (Hindi: मेखर, Russian: Мехарь) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekhar? popularity and diffusion
Mekhar is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Mekhar live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mekhar is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 60 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekhar in the Hindi language | ||
| मेखर | mekhara | - |
| Mekhar in the Russian language | ||
| Мехарь | mehar | - |
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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 Mekhar
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