Shukar Surname
Approximately 6,319 people bear this surname
Shukar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 6,071 | 1:5,296 | 490 |
| India | 145 | 1:5,290,106 | 129,949 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Shukar (15,206) may also be a first name.
Shukar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shukar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shukar (Bengali: শুকর, Georgian: შუკარ, Hindi: शुकर, Marathi: शुकर, Oriya: ଶୁକର, Russian: Шукар) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shukar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shukar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 77,415th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,153,275 people. Shukar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shukar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shukar is also the 45,960th most widely held given name globally, borne by 15,206 people.
The last name Shukar is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 6,071 people, or 1 in 5,296. In Afghanistan Shukar is primarily found in: Kabul, where 21 percent live, Nangarhar, where 12 percent live and Badakhshan, where 8 percent live. Not including Afghanistan Shukar occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shukar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shukar in the Georgian language | ||
| შუკარ | shukar | - |
| Shukar in the Bengali language | ||
| শুকর | sukara | - |
| Shukar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶୁକର | sukara | - |
| Shukar in the Hindi language | ||
| शुकर | sukara | 95.83 |
| शूकर | sukara | 2.08 |
| साकरून | sakaruna | 1.04 |
| शाकरू | sakaru | 1.04 |
| Shukar in the Marathi language | ||
| शुकर | sukara | 84.06 |
| अशुकर | asukara | 5.8 |
| अशूकर | asukara | 4.35 |
| शूकर | sukara | 2.9 |
| शौकत | saukata | 1.45 |
| शुकार | sukara | 1.45 |
| Shukar in the Russian language | ||
| Шукар | sukar | - |
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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 Shukar
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