Sholak Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Sholak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Sholak (38) may also be a first name.
Sholak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sholak (Bengali: শোলক, Hindi: शोलक, Russian: Шолак) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Sholak reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sholak is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 1,339,716. In Afghanistan Sholak is most common in: Kabul, where 63 percent live, Paktia, where 17 percent live and Khost, where 13 percent live. Barring Afghanistan this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholak in the Bengali language | ||
| শোলক | solaka | - |
| Sholak in the Hindi language | ||
| शोलक | solaka | - |
| Sholak in the Russian language | ||
| Шолак | solak | - |
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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 Sholak
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