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 is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekarah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekarah is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Shekarah is most numerous in: Niger, where 35 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent reside and Abia, where 18 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name 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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