Shekat Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Shekat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shekat (102) may also be a first name.
Shekat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekat (Hindi: शेकत, Marathi: शोॅकत) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Shekat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Shekat live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shekat is also the 935,178th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 102 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Shekat is most common in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found, Telangana, where 33 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 22 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekat in the Hindi language | ||
| शेकत | sekata | 89.47 |
| शोेकत | soekata | 5.26 |
| शेकात | sekata | 5.26 |
| Shekat in the Marathi language | ||
| शोॅकत | soekata | 31.58 |
| शेकात | sekata | 26.32 |
| शेकार | sekara | 10.53 |
| शौकत | saukata | 10.53 |
| शेकत | sekata | 10.53 |
| शेकट | sekata | 5.26 |
| शैकत | saikata | 5.26 |
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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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- 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 Shekat
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