Shaqar Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Shaqar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
Shaqar (25) may also be a first name.
Shaqar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaqar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaqar (Georgian: შაქარ) is found most in Pakistan. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shaqar.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaqar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaqar reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shaqar is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 25 people.
The surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan Shaqar is most numerous in: Punjab, where 55 percent are found, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 18 percent are found and Balochistan, where 9 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 30 percent are found and Iran, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaqar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaqar in the Georgian language | ||
| შაქარ | shakar | - |
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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 Shaqar
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