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Where Does The Last Name Shakur Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Shakur (Bengali: শাকুর, Hindi: शकूर, Marathi: शकुर, Oriya: ଶକୁର) is found most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Shakūr. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shakur? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 21,448^th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 286,843 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Shakur live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shakur is also the 28,219^th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 29,531 people.

The last name Shakur is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 7,383 people, or 1 in 103,896. In India Shakur is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 30 percent are found, Jammu and Kashmir, where 21 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in 88 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 19 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 19 percent are found.

Shakur Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (80%) in Kenya and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Shakur surname are 6.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.49% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shakur earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.25% less than the national average, earning R 20,796 per year; in United States they earn 10.21% less than the national average, earning $38,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $50,968 CAD per year.