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
The last name Shera (Hindi: शेरा, Marathi: शेरा, Oriya: େଶରା, Russian: Шера, Tibetan: ཤེས་རབ་) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shera is the 82,825th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,246,587 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Shera are found; 40 percent are found in South Asia and 27 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 34,319th most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 22,729 people.
Shera is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,417 people, or 1 in 126,072. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 74 percent live, Sindh, where 18 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 5 percent live. Besides Pakistan Shera exists in 56 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 21 percent live and India, where 15 percent live.
Shera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shera has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shera last name expanded 325 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 221 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Shera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (53%) in Ireland, Christian (67%) in Kenya and Shiite (83%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shera last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political 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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