Shehter Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Shehter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shehter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shehter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shehter occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Shehter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehter? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shehter is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shehter reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 74 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most prevalent in Iraq, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,129,731. Apart from Iraq it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 7 percent reside.
Shehter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shehter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shehter surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shehter
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