Sheker Surname
Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname
Sheker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 705 | 1:1,088,036 | 44,841 |
| United States | 167 | 1:2,170,413 | 136,881 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Bulgaria | 27 | 1:258,478 | 13,520 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Sheker (9,506) may also be a first name.
Sheker Demographics
Average Sheker Salary in
United States
$69,563 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheker (Hindi: शेखर, Marathi: शेकर, Russian: Шекер) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheker? popularity and diffusion
Sheker is the 325,895th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. Sheker occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Sheker are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sheker is also the 63,393rd most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 9,506 people.
The surname Sheker is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 705 people, or 1 in 1,088,036. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 70 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent live and Delhi, where 3 percent live. Not including India Sheker occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.
Sheker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheker surname grew 2,386 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sheker are 12.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.65% registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheker in the Hindi language | ||
| शेखर | sekhara | - |
| Sheker in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकर | sekara | 46.15 |
| शाकेर | sakera | 23.08 |
| िशेकेर् | iseker | 15.38 |
| शेखऱ | sekhara | 7.69 |
| शेकेर | sekera | 7.69 |
| Sheker in the Russian language | ||
| Шекер | seker | - |
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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 Sheker
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