Shakbir Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Shakbir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Shakbir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Shakbir (17) may also be a first name.

Shakbir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shakbir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shakbir (Hindi: शकबीर, Marathi: शक्बीर) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shakbir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Shakbir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shakbir live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shakbir is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 17 people.

This last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,019,148. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Paktia, where 38 percent reside, Balkh, where 13 percent reside and Daykundi, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Afghanistan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakbir922/
Shakber861/
Sakber77117/
Saqbir771/
Sookbir71159/
Sadkbeer671/
Shakveer671/
Sajdkbeer631/
Sekber6210/
Sakver622/
Saqber621/
Zakbeer571/
Seckber570/
Seikbert534/
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Shakbir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shakbir in the Hindi language
शकबीरsakabira-
Shakbir in the Marathi language
शक्बीरsakbira66.67
शकबीरsakabira33.33

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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 Shakbir
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