Shekhan Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Shekhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 157 | 1:4,885,767 | 123,562 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Shekhan (524) may also be a first name.
Shekhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekhan (Bengali: শেখন, Hindi: शेखन, Marathi: शेखान, Russian: Шехан) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekhan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,025,894th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Shekhan live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 368,711th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 524 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 4,885,767. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 79 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekhan in the Bengali language | ||
| শেখন | sekhana | - |
| Shekhan in the Hindi language | ||
| शेखन | sekhana | 76.87 |
| शेखं | sekham | 17.91 |
| शेखान | sekhana | 4.48 |
| शेखाँ | sekham | 0.75 |
| Shekhan in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखान | sekhana | 50.44 |
| शेखं | sekham | 27.19 |
| शेखन | sekhana | 14.91 |
| शेख | sekha | 3.07 |
| शेखंार | sekhamara | 0.88 |
| शेरखान | serakhana | 0.88 |
| शेखां | sekham | 0.44 |
| दादेखान | dadekhana | 0.44 |
| Shekhan in the Russian language | ||
| Шехан | sehan | - |
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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 Shekhan
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