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
Sekhar Political Affiliation
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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་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sekhar.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sekhar is the 14,988th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 196,102 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sekhar are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sekhar is also the 15,052nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 63,831 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 32,674 people, or 1 in 23,476. In India Sekhar is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 48 percent live, Telangana, where 15 percent live and Gujarat, where 8 percent live. Outside of India Sekhar is found in 70 countries. It is also common in Oman, where 2 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.
Sekhar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sekhar are 10.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.27% registered to vote for the political 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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