Shokhar Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Shokhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Shokhar (96) may also be a first name.
Shokhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokhar (Hindi: श्ोखर, Marathi: शोखर, Oriya: େଶାଖର) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokhar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shokhar are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 968,397th most widely held given name globally It is held by 96 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 7,907,891. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 68 percent live, Bihar, where 22 percent live and Rajasthan, where 6 percent live. Apart from India it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shokhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shokhar in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶାଖର | esakhara | - |
| Shokhar in the Marathi language | ||
| शोखर | sokhara | - |
| Shokhar in the Hindi language | ||
| श्ोखर | sokhara | 72.73 |
| शोखर | sokhara | 25.97 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 1.3 |
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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 Shokhar
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