Shekkar Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Shekkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Shekkar (25) may also be a first name.
Shekkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekkar (Hindi: शेक्कर) is found most in India. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekkar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Shekkar is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shekkar live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 38 percent live, Maharashtra, where 25 percent live and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where 13 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shekkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shekkar in the Hindi language | ||
| शेक्कर | sekkara | - |
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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 Shekkar
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