Sekara Surname
Approximately 914 people bear this surname
Sekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Lesotho | 105 | 1:19,358 | 4,061 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Transnistria | 26 | 1:18,258 | 3,307 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Šekara (81) are calculated separately.
Sekara (1,158) may also be a first name.
Sekara Demographics
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Sekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sekara (Arabic: سيكاري, Hindi: सेकरा, Oriya: େଶକରା, Russian: Секара) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Šekara. For other potential spellings of Sekara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sekara is the 388,118th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,973,245 people. The last name Sekara occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Sekara live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sekara is also the 233,570th most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,158 people.
Sekara is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Beside Sri Lanka it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 11 percent live and Botswana, where 7 percent live.
Sekara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sekara surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the political party.
The amount Sekara earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.85% less than the national average, earning R 104,916 per year and in United States they earn 35.84% more than the national average, earning $58,614 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekara in the Hindi language | ||
| सेकरा | sekara | 66.67 |
| सेकारा | sekara | 33.33 |
| Sekara in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶକରା | esakara | 40 |
| େସକରା | esakara | 40 |
| େଶକାରା | esakara | 20 |
| Sekara in the Russian language | ||
| Секара | sekara | - |
| Sekara in the Arabic language | ||
| سيكاري | sykary | - |
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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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- 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 Sekara
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