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Where Does The Last Name Sheker Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Sheker (Hindi: शेखर, Marathi: शेकर, Russian: Шекер) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheker? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 325,895^th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,386,982 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Sheker reside; 62 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 63,393^rd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 9,506 people.

This last name is most common in India, where it is held by 705 people, or 1 in 1,088,036. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 70 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent reside and Delhi, where 3 percent reside. Outside of India this surname is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Russia, where 5 percent reside.

Sheker Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Sheker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheker surname increased 2,386 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sheker Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Sheker surname are 12.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.65% registered to vote for the political party.

Sheker earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.22% more than the national average, earning $69,563 USD per year.