Sekhar Surname
Approximately 37,162 people bear this surname
Sekhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 32,674 | 1:23,476 | 1,779 |
| Oman | 922 | 1:4,000 | 578 |
| United Arab Emirates | 910 | 1:10,068 | 1,264 |
| Kuwait | 588 | 1:6,464 | 890 |
| United States | 475 | 1:763,071 | 59,419 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Algeria | 223 | 1:173,236 | 21,511 |
| Qatar | 137 | 1:17,212 | 1,876 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Malaysia | 76 | 1:388,082 | 20,352 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Nepal | 18 | 1:1,582,275 | 7,357 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Sekhar (63,831) may also be a first name.
Sekhar Demographics
Average Sekhar Salary in
United States
$56,646 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sekhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekhar (Bengali: শেখর, Hindi: सेखर, Marathi: शेखर, Oriya: େଶଖର, Tibetan: ཤེ་ཁར་) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,988th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 196,102 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sekhar live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 15,052nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 63,831 people.
Sekhar is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 32,674 people, or 1 in 23,476. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 48 percent reside, Telangana, where 15 percent reside and Gujarat, where 8 percent reside. Besides India Sekhar is found in 70 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Sekhar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sekhar surname are 10.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sekhar earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 31.28% more than the national average, earning $56,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.7% more than the national average, earning $63,942 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sekhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sekhar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེ་ཁར་ | shékhar | - |
| Sekhar in the Bengali language | ||
| শেখর | sekhara | 93.7 |
| সেখর | sekhara | 4.72 |
| শেখার | sekhara | 0.79 |
| শেকর | sekara | 0.79 |
| Sekhar in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶଖର | esakhara | 88.08 |
| େସଖର | esakhara | 3.72 |
| େଶଖରାଇଁ | esakhara'im | 2.11 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 0.22 |
| ସୁଧାଂଶୁ | sudhansu | 0.14 |
| କୁମାର | kumara | 0.07 |
| େଶଖର୍ | esakhar | 0.03 |
| ନାଏକ | na'eka | 0.02 |
| େଶଖ | esakha | 0.01 |
| ଖରା | khara | 0.01 |
| ଶଖର | sakhara | 0.01 |
| େଷଖର | esakhara | 0.01 |
| େମେହର | emehara | 0.01 |
| େଶାଖର | esakhara | 0.01 |
| େଶକର | esakara | 0.01 |
| ସିାଥର୍ | siathar | 0.01 |
| େଗୗଡ଼ | egara | 0.01 |
| କହଁର | kahamra | 0.01 |
| ଗେଣର | genara | 0 |
| ହାଜିର | hajira | 0 |
| ଖଁା | khama | 0 |
| େରଫ | erapha | 0 |
| କାିର୍କ | kairka | 0 |
| େବେହର | ebehara | 0 |
| ହରିହର | harihara | 0 |
| ଶିାଥର୍ | siathar | 0 |
| େଚୗହାନ | ecahana | 0 |
| ଭାରତୀ | bharati | 0 |
| ଖାତୁନ | khatuna | 0 |
| େସଖରି | esakhari | 0 |
| ଅେଲଖ | aelakha | 0 |
| ଭାର | bhara | 0 |
| ରାେକଶ | raekasa | 0 |
| େହାତା | ehata | 0 |
| ସିଖର | sikhara | 0 |
| ଶୀକର | sikara | 0 |
| େଶଖଲ୍ | esakhal | 0 |
| େଦହୁରି | edahuri | 0 |
| ମହାରଣା | maharana | 0 |
| େଳଖର | elakhara | 0 |
| ଶିଖର | sikhara | 0 |
| େଭାଇ | ebha'i | 0 |
| େହର୍ା | ehara | 0 |
| ସିଂହାର | sinhara | 0 |
| ଖମାରି | khamari | 0 |
| ଶେଖର | sekhara | 0 |
| Sekhar in the Hindi language | ||
| सेखर | sekhara | 74.6 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 21.9 |
| शेखर् | sekhar | 1.59 |
| सेखार | sekhara | 0.63 |
| शेषर | sesara | 0.63 |
| शेखन | sekhana | 0.32 |
| Sekhar in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखर | sekhara | 68.25 |
| सेखर | sekhara | 24.34 |
| ेखर | ekhara | 3.7 |
| सेकर | sekara | 1.06 |
| शेकर | sekara | 0.53 |
| शॆखर् | sekhar | 0.53 |
| शेखेर | sekhera | 0.53 |
| ेेखर | eekhara | 0.53 |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sekhar
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