Sheldekar Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sheldekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheldekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1231:6,236,304144,239
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Sheldekar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sheldekar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sheldekar (Marathi: शेलडेकर) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sheldekar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheldekar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sheldekar is the 1,612,213th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sheldekar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Luso-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 6,236,304. In India Sheldekar is most common in: Goa, where 54 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 43 percent are found and Karnataka, where 1 percent are found. Aside from India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sheldekar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheldekar in the Marathi language
शेलडेकरseladekara59.38
शेळडेकरseladekara31.25
डेकरdekara9.38

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sheldekar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis