Gankar Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Gankar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 221 | 1:3,470,884 | 98,993 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gankar (19) may also be a first name.
Gankar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gankar (Bengali: গনকর, Marathi: गणकर) occurs most in India. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,101,507th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gankar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
This last name is most common in India, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 3,470,884. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 76 percent reside, Karnataka, where 20 percent reside and Gujarat, where 2 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gankar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gankar in the Bengali language | ||
| গনকর | ganakara | - |
| Gankar in the Marathi language | ||
| गणकर | ganakara | 47.84 |
| गाणकर | ganakara | 21.96 |
| गानकर | ganakara | 18.04 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 2.35 |
| गांकर | gankara | 1.57 |
| शंकर | sankara | 1.18 |
| गांकार | gankara | 0.78 |
| गंकर | gankara | 0.78 |
| गाणकऱ | ganakara | 0.78 |
| गनकर | ganakara | 0.78 |
| गाणक | ganaka | 0.78 |
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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 Gankar
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