Banskar Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Banskar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banskar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1231:6,236,304144,239
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Banskar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Banskar (Hindi: बंसकार, Marathi: बन्सकर) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Banskar.

How Common Is The Last Name Banskar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Banskar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 6,236,304. In India it is most numerous in: Madhya Pradesh, where 70 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent live and Maharashtra, where 6 percent live. Apart from India it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Banshkar9331/
Bhanskar933/
Vanskar8680/
Banjkar862/
Banskor861/
Vanshkar80650/
Banskhor808/
Banskore804/
Banchkar803/
Banskour801/
Bhonskar801/
Vonskar7116/
Vanscor571/
Bonscour539/
Vanscoor531/

Banskar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Banskar in the Hindi language
बंसकारbansakara90.91
वंशकारvansakara3.03
बंस्करbanskara3.03
Banskar in the Marathi language
बन्सकरbansakara33.33
बनसकरbanasakara33.33
सकारsakara33.33

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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 Banskar
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