Shara Surname
Approximately 18,017 people bear this surname
Shara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 9,473 | 1:933 | 133 |
| Bangladesh | 2,884 | 1:55,255 | 2,925 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,213 | 1:12,727 | 1,708 |
| Iran | 748 | 1:102,650 | 9,973 |
| Indonesia | 593 | 1:223,017 | 20,790 |
| India | 440 | 1:1,743,330 | 62,526 |
| Yemen | 396 | 1:66,731 | 4,808 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| Iraq | 215 | 1:162,891 | 4,104 |
| Ukraine | 196 | 1:232,259 | 30,797 |
| Afghanistan | 159 | 1:202,221 | 3,804 |
| Palestine | 152 | 1:29,927 | 3,998 |
| Pakistan | 123 | 1:1,452,389 | 16,004 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Albania | 63 | 1:46,255 | 6,220 |
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Brunei | 40 | 1:10,468 | 1,284 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Lebanon | 29 | 1:194,382 | 8,317 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 1:327,224 | 22,758 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Maldives | 15 | 1:26,945 | 1,601 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Shára (1) are calculated separately.
Shara (37,261) may also be a first name.
Shara Demographics
Shara Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shara (Bengali: শারা, Georgian: შარა, Hindi: शारा, Marathi: शारा, Oriya: ଶର, Russian: Шара, Tibetan: ཤེས་རབ་) occurs more in Jordan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Shára. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shara is the 29,706th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,482 people. Shara occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Shara live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 55 percent live in Levant. It is also the 23,566th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 37,261 people.
The last name is most widely held in Jordan, where it is held by 9,473 people, or 1 in 933. In Jordan Shara is primarily found in: Mafraq Governorate, where 84 percent live, Irbid Governorate, where 10 percent live and Amman Governorate, where 4 percent live. Aside from Jordan this last name exists in 74 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Shara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shara has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,017 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shara last name is principally Syriac Orthodox (72%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Shara surname are 36.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.66% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shara earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.07% more than the national average, earning $50,945 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $52,568 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shara in the Georgian language | ||
| შარა | shara | - |
| Shara in the Hindi language | ||
| शारा | sara | 69.52 |
| शरा | sara | 18.57 |
| शारां | saram | 3.33 |
| शायरा | sayara | 1.9 |
| सहारा | sahara | 1.43 |
| शर्मा | sarma | 0.95 |
| सायरा | sayara | 0.95 |
| शेरा | sera | 0.48 |
| सारो | saro | 0.48 |
| Shara in the Bengali language | ||
| শারা | sara | 66.67 |
| সারা | sara | 33.33 |
| Shara in the Marathi language | ||
| शारा | sara | 66.32 |
| शरा | sara | 17.89 |
| शरद | sarada | 13.68 |
| शर | sara | 1.05 |
| Shara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶର | sara | 36.67 |
| ଶରା | sara | 23.33 |
| ଶାରା | sara | 13.33 |
| ଶାର | sara | 6.67 |
| ସର | sara | 6.67 |
| ତାରାମନୀ | taramani | 3.33 |
| ସିଦାର | sidara | 3.33 |
| ସାରା | sara | 3.33 |
| ସାର | sara | 3.33 |
| Shara in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་རབ་ | sherab | 33.33 |
| ཤེས་ར་ | shéra | 33.33 |
| ཤེ་ར། | shéra | 33.33 |
| Shara in the Russian language | ||
| Шара | sara | - |
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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 Shara
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