Shekar Surname
Approximately 29,001 people bear this surname
Shekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26,951 | 1:28,461 | 2,119 |
| United Arab Emirates | 584 | 1:15,689 | 1,907 |
| United States | 383 | 1:946,368 | 70,670 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Shekar (33,777) may also be a first name.
Shekar Demographics
Average Male Shekar Height
172.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Shekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekar (Bengali: শেকর, Hindi: शेकर, Marathi: शेकार, Oriya: େଶକର, Tibetan: ཤེས་དཀར།) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekar is the 18,985th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,286 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shekar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 25,425th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 33,777 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 26,951 people, or 1 in 28,461. In India Shekar is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 54 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Karnataka, where 10 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Shekar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shekar are 2.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.98% registered with the political party.
Shekar earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.59% more than the national average, earning $55,054 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekar in the Hindi language | ||
| शेकर | sekara | 86.73 |
| शॅकर | sekara | 7.13 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 4.42 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.49 |
| शेकार | sekara | 0.25 |
| षेकर | sekara | 0.25 |
| शेजर | sejara | 0.25 |
| Shekar in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶକର | esakara | 72 |
| େଶଖର | esakhara | 28 |
| Shekar in the Bengali language | ||
| শেকর | sekara | 50 |
| শেখর | sekhara | 50 |
| Shekar in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकार | sekara | 47.24 |
| शेकर | sekara | 30.82 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 15.71 |
| शेलार | selara | 1.95 |
| शेरकर | serakara | 0.87 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.65 |
| शेकाराने | sekarane | 0.43 |
| शॆकर | sekara | 0.33 |
| शेकराने | sekarane | 0.22 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 0.16 |
| सेगर | segara | 0.11 |
| शेरेकर | serekara | 0.11 |
| शेकाराली | sekarali | 0.11 |
| शेटकर | setakara | 0.11 |
| शेलेकर | selekara | 0.11 |
| थेवर | thevara | 0.05 |
| शकर्र | sakarra | 0.05 |
| शेाकर | seakara | 0.05 |
| शेगर | segara | 0.05 |
| Shekar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་དཀར། | shékar | 29.63 |
| ཤེས་དཀར་ | shékar | 29.63 |
| ཤེ་ཀར་ | shékar | 18.52 |
| ཤེལ་དཀར་ | shelkar | 11.11 |
| སེས་དཀར་ | sékar | 3.7 |
| ཤེ་ཁར་ | shékhar | 3.7 |
| སེ་ཁར་ | sékhar | 3.7 |
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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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