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
The surname Gankar (Bengali: গনকর, Marathi: गणकर) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gankar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,101,507th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Gankar is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gankar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 3,470,884. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 76 percent live, Karnataka, where 20 percent live and Gujarat, where 2 percent live. Excluding India it is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent live.
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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