Sher Khan Surname
Approximately 3,999 people bear this surname
Sher Khan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 3,955 | 1:45,169 | 1,914 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Sher Khan (226) may also be a first name.
Sher Khan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sher Khan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sher Khan (Marathi: शेर-खान) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sher Khan? popularity and diffusion
Sher Khan is the 115,473rd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,822,342 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sher Khan live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 598,137th most numerous first name globally It is held by 226 people.
This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 3,955 people, or 1 in 45,169. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 48 percent live, Punjab, where 46 percent live and Sindh, where 4 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sher Khan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sher Khan in the Marathi language | ||
| शेर-खान | sera-khana | - |
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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 Sher Khan
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