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
Shekarah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekarah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Shekarah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shekarah live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shekarah is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 11 people.
The surname Shekarah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Shekarah is primarily found in: Niger, where 35 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent live and Abia, where 18 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live.
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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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