Shamkar Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Shamkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamkar (99) may also be a first name.
Shamkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamkar (Georgian: შამკარ, Hindi: शंकर, Marathi: शंकर, Oriya: ଶବର) is found most frequently in India. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamkar? popularity and diffusion
Shamkar is the 2,394,033rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shamkar live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 951,070th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 99 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India Shamkar is mostly found in: Telangana, where 29 percent reside, Delhi, where 21 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 17 percent reside. Besides India this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 25 percent reside and Iran, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samkar | 92 | 33 | / |
| Samkhar | 86 | 53 | / |
| Shamqar | 86 | 42 | / |
| Shomkar | 86 | 6 | / |
| Samkare | 86 | 5 | / |
| Satmkar | 86 | 4 | / |
| Samkatr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shamkoor | 80 | 63 | / |
| Chamkhar | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shomkaar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shamkour | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shamkharova | 78 | 2 | / |
| Somkar | 77 | 77 | / |
| Samcar | 77 | 33 | / |
| Samkor | 77 | 9 | / |
| Semkar | 77 | 0 | / |
| Samkarova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Samkoor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Somkaur | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samkour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Somkare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zamkair | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shomkor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Choomkare | 63 | 1 | / |
| Somkor | 62 | 21 | / |
| Somkour | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkort | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkord | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkeur | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkore | 57 | 1 | / |
| Somkuor | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chomcare | 53 | 2 | / |
| Chomkohr | 53 | 1 | / |
Shamkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamkar in the Georgian language | ||
| შამკარ | shamkar | - |
| Shamkar in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | - |
| Shamkar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶବର | sabara | - |
| Shamkar in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | 68.29 |
| शामकर | samakara | 19.51 |
| शंभरकर | sambharakara | 4.88 |
| शंकरारा | sankarara | 2.44 |
| सामकर | samakara | 2.44 |
| शमकर | samakara | 2.44 |
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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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- 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 Shamkar
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