Sikender Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Sikender Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 116 | 1:1,540,033 | 16,555 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sikender (1,931) may also be a first name.
Sikender Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikender Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikender (Hindi: सिकन्दर, Oriya: ସିକର) is most common in Pakistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikender? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The last name Sikender is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sikender reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 172,670th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 1,931 people.
The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,540,033. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 41 percent are found, Sindh, where 36 percent are found and Balochistan, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sickender | 94 | 4 | / |
| Sikkender | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sikendher | 94 | 1 | / |
| Siknder | 93 | 52 | / |
| Sikkendher | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sekender | 88 | 104 | / |
| Sikinder | 88 | 66 | / |
| Sikendir | 88 | 2 | / |
| Saiknder | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sichender | 82 | 4 | / |
| Seekender | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sikkinder | 82 | 1 | / |
| Seckender | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shikinder | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sikindher | 82 | 1 | / |
| Seknder | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sekinder | 75 | 2 | / |
| Siqndeer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sekendre | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sikindir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ziskinder | 71 | 36 | / |
| Seckinder | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shikhndre | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zyskynder | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zechender | 59 | 35 | / |
| Cekindir | 50 | 9 | / |
Sikender Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sikender in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିକର | sikara | - |
| Sikender in the Hindi language | ||
| सिकन्दर | sikandara | 71.43 |
| सिंकंदर | sinkandara | 14.29 |
| सिकन्दरा | sikandara | 14.29 |
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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 Sikender
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