Shehwar Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Shehwar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 205 | 1:871,434 | 12,003 |
| Afghanistan | 189 | 1:170,123 | 3,435 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shehwar (662) may also be a first name.
Shehwar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shehwar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shehwar (Marathi: शेहवार) is most common in Pakistan. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehwar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 711,133rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shehwar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 322,620th most common first name throughout the world, held by 662 people.
The last name Shehwar is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 871,434. In Pakistan Shehwar is most common in: Punjab, where 44 percent live, Sindh, where 36 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 46 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shehwar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shehwar in the Marathi language | ||
| शेहवार | sehavara | 66.67 |
| शेार | seara | 33.33 |
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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 Shehwar
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