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
Average Shera Salary in
United States
$46,394 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 most frequently in Pakistan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 82,825th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,246,587 people. The last name Shera is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Shera reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 27 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shera is also the 34,319th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 22,729 people.
The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,417 people, or 1 in 126,072. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 74 percent are found, Sindh, where 18 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 5 percent are found. Besides Pakistan it occurs 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 number of people who held the Shera surname increased 325 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 221 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Shera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shera 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 surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with 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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Footnotes
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