Shekir Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Shekir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 32 | 1:218,091 | 11,795 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Shekir (65) may also be a first name.
Shekir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekir (Georgian: შეკირ, Marathi: शेकीर, Russian: Шекир) occurs in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Shekir is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Shekir reside; 76 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 74 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,212,820th most common forename on earth, borne by 65 people.
Shekir is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 218,091. In Bulgaria it is most frequent in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 50 percent are found, Plovdiv Province, where 25 percent are found and Varna Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Bulgaria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekir in the Georgian language | ||
| შეკირ | shekir | - |
| Shekir in the Marathi language | ||
| शेकीर | sekira | - |
| Shekir in the Russian language | ||
| Шекир | sekir | - |
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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 Shekir
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