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 surname Shekat (Hindi: शेकत, Marathi: शोॅकत) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekat? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Shekat reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shekat is also the 935,178th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 102 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 33 percent reside, Telangana, where 33 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 22 percent reside. Other than India Shekat occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
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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