Shkr Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Shkr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shkr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Shkr (21) may also be a first name.

Shkr Last Name Facts

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

Shkr (Russian: Шкр) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shkr? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Shkr occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Shkr live; 75 percent live in North Africa and 75 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Shkr is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 21 people.

This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Without taking into account Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent are found and Iran, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shkrt898/
Shkrz891/
Shkhr891/
Skr8646/
Skår751,446/
Skræ7518/
Skrr754/
Skrz753/
Skhr752/
Chkr752/
Skcr752/
Shcr751/
Sgkr751/
Skrh751/
Sqhr751/
Sqkr751/
Sskr751/
Hxkr751/
Skræp67142/
Ssqhr671/
Szhcr671/
Shqur671/
Schkeher671/

Shkr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shkr in the Russian language
Шкрskr-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Shkr
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