Shera Surname
Approximately 5,846 people bear this surname
Shera Surname Definition:
Mac Séartha This name was assumed by a branch of the Fitzpatricks: it is to be distinguished from Macsherry, q.v. IF 17*, 145
Shera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,417 | 1:126,072 | 3,647 |
| Albania | 1,208 | 1:2,412 | 419 |
| India | 903 | 1:849,463 | 37,488 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| United States | 442 | 1:820,043 | 62,958 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 1:83,293 | 7,578 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Ukraine | 21 | 1:2,167,747 | 147,417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 136 | 1:369,255 | 27,873 |
Shera (22,729) may also be a first name.
Shera Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mac Séartha This name was assumed by a branch of the Fitzpatricks: it is to be distinguished from Macsherry, q.v. IF 17*, 145
Mac Séartha This name was assumed by a branch of the Fitzpatricks: it is to be distinguished from Macsherry, q.v. IF 17*, 145
Shera Demographics
Shera Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Shera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shera (Hindi: शेरा, Marathi: शेरा, Oriya: େଶରା, Russian: Шера, Tibetan: ཤེས་རབ་) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shera is the 82,825th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,246,587 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Shera live; 40 percent live in South Asia and 27 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shera is also the 34,319th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 22,729 people.
Shera is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,417 people, or 1 in 126,072. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 74 percent are found, Sindh, where 18 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Pakistan this last name is found in 56 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 21 percent are found and India, where 15 percent are found.
Shera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shera has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 325 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 221 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Shera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (53%) in Ireland, Christian (67%) in Kenya and Shiite (83%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shera surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Shera earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.51% less than the national average, earning R 234,060 per year; in United States they earn 7.52% more than the national average, earning $46,394 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.52% less than the national average, earning $42,967 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shera in the Marathi language | ||
| शेरा | sera | 98.88 |
| शेर | sera | 0.28 |
| साहेरा | sahera | 0.28 |
| शेेरा | seera | 0.28 |
| Shera in the Hindi language | ||
| शेरा | sera | 95.97 |
| शेरां | seram | 3.16 |
| शेर | sera | 0.56 |
| श्ेरा | sera | 0.04 |
| शंेरा | samera | 0.02 |
| श्एरा | sera | 0.02 |
| शेऱा | sera | 0.02 |
| साहिरा | sahira | 0.02 |
| शेेरा | seera | 0.02 |
| श्ोरा | sora | 0.02 |
| शीरा | sira | 0.02 |
| Shera in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶରା | esara | 66.67 |
| ବାହାଦୁର | bahadura | 33.33 |
| Shera in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་རབ་ | sherab | 28.57 |
| ཤེས་ར། | shéra | 28.57 |
| ཤེས་ར་ | shéra | 14.29 |
| ཤེ་ར་ | shéra | 14.29 |
| སི་ར་ | sira | 14.29 |
| Shera in the Russian language | ||
| Шера | sera | - |
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