Sikter Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Sikter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary701:140,23312,855
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Sweden121:820,56361,223
India111:69,733,217610,955
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Sikter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sikter Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sikter (Russian: Сиктер) is found most frequently in Hungary. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikter? popularity and diffusion

Sikter is the 1,573,888th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Sikter is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Sikter are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 54 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Sikter is most common in Hungary, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 140,233. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 44 percent live, Somogy County, where 23 percent live and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Hungary Sikter exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 24 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shikther86360/
Sekter832/
Sicter830/
Shekter7778/
Sykterz7719/
Saicter770/
Shekhter71809/
Sheckter7161/
Schekter7126/
Shykhter711/
Sikethre711/
Schicter711/
Secter67187/
Scheckter67128/
Zekter6742/
Zigter6720/
Sycter671/
Sekterova671/
Shekthter671/
Segter670/
Shecter62395/
Gekhter6224/
Chekter621/
Saycter621/
Seagter621/
Zekhter621/
Zeigter620/
Schecter571,717/
Chekhter5737/
Caykıter5720/
Shecther572/
Scehcter571/
Schegter571/
Schecther5312/
Cektir50153/
Zektir5033/
Jecter5013/
Gegter501/
Jegter501/
Gecter500/

Sikter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sikter in the Russian language
Сиктерsikter-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sikter
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