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 surname Shokhar (Hindi: श्ोखर, Marathi: शोखर, Oriya: େଶାଖର) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokhar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,620,164th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Shokhar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shokhar reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 968,397th most prevalent given name worldwide It is held by 96 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 7,907,891. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 68 percent are found, Bihar, where 22 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 6 percent are found. Aside from India Shokhar is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
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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