Shekhor Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Shekhor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
Shekhor (1,174) may also be a first name.
Shekhor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekhor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekhor (Bengali: শেখর, Marathi: शेखोर, Oriya: େଶଖର) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekhor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shekhor is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shekhor reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 231,753rd most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 1,174 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Shekhor is primarily found in: Manipur, where 96 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found. Besides India it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 23 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekhor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekhor in the Bengali language | ||
| শেখর | sekhara | - |
| Shekhor in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶଖର | esakhara | - |
| Shekhor in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखोर | sekhora | - |
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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 Shekhor
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