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) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shekhon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekhon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Shekhon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Shekhon are found; 52 percent are found in South Asia and 45 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most widely held in India, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent are found and Delhi, where 10 percent are found. Besides India Shekhon occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.
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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