Shekara Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
Shekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 960 | 1:184,524 | 11,246 |
| India | 270 | 1:2,840,983 | 86,804 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Shekara (1,980) may also be a first name.
Shekara Demographics
Shekara Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekara (Hindi: शंकराराम, Marathi: शेकरा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekara is the 302,077th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,797,570 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Shekara reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shekara is also the 170,039th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,980 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 960 people, or 1 in 184,524. In Nigeria Shekara is primarily concentrated in: Kebbi, where 26 percent reside, Kaduna, where 15 percent reside and Plateau, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Shekara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shekara surname is predominantly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekara in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकरा | sekara | 75 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 12.5 |
| शेकर | sekara | 12.5 |
| Shekara in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकराराम | sankararama | 33.33 |
| शेकारा | sekara | 33.33 |
| शेकरा | sekara | 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 Shekara
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