Shirkat Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Shirkat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirkat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan161:2,009,57414,441
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shirkat (74) may also be a first name.

Shirkat Last Name Facts

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

Shirkat (Hindi: शिरकत, Marathi: ीकांत) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirkat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shirkat live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 74 people.

Shirkat is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 2,009,574. In Afghanistan Shirkat is mostly concentrated in: Ghazni, where 56 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 13 percent reside and Paktia, where 13 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 28 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shirkate931/
Sirkat921/
Sherkat86252/
Shirkot8615/
Sirkate866/
Shirkotd801/
Sirkot7749/
Cirkat7714/
Sircat772/
Zirkat771/
Sirkatova753/
Chitrkate751/
Sirkhot71510/
Sirkoth7153/
Chitrkathe7116/
Chirkot718/
Sirkoit716/
Cherkat712/
Sherkot711/
Sirkhoth67147/
Sirkhote6712/
Chirkout673/
Sherqatt671/
Shurkout671/
Shirkoud671/
Širkaitė671/
Sairkhot671/

Shirkat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shirkat in the Marathi language
ीकांतikanta-
Shirkat in the Hindi language
शिरकतsirakata87.5
शराकतsarakata12.5

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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 Shirkat
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