All around the world, שאקור (Shakur 
, שאקור, Abushagur 
) is a common masculine first name. The forename שאקור is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently female name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Likewise, שאקור is the last name as well as the forename.
שאקור is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .