All over the world, Shukir (شكر 
, Shukir 
, Шукир 
) is quite a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The forename Shukir is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom feminine name, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently female name, and Libya, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Iraq, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Shukir is the last name as well as the forename.