Shekhon Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Shekhon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shekhon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekhon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekhon (Marathi: शेखोन) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekhon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Shekhon is primarily found in Asia, where 52 percent of Shekhon live; 52 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent live and Delhi, where 10 percent live. Outside of India it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekhon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekhon in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखोन | sekhona | 40 |
| शेखॉन | sekhona | 17.14 |
| शेखॉं | sekhom | 17.14 |
| शेख | sekha | 11.43 |
| शेखन | sekhana | 5.71 |
| शेखो | sekho | 5.71 |
| आरशेखॉन | arasekhona | 2.86 |
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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 Shekhon
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