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) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shukar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shukar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shukar is the 77,415th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,153,275 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shukar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 45,960th most widespread given name internationally. It is borne by 15,206 people.
This surname is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 6,071 people, or 1 in 5,296. In Afghanistan Shukar is most prevalent in: Kabul, where 21 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 12 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Afghanistan it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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