Shekarah Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Shekarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shekarah (11) may also be a first name.
Shekarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekarah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shekarah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekarah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shekarah reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
The last name Shekarah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Shekarah is mostly found in: Niger, where 35 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent reside and Abia, where 18 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Shekarah
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