Jayasanker Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Jayasanker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jayasanker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Jayasanker (63) may also be a first name.

Jayasanker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jayasanker (Hindi: जयशंकेर) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jayasanker.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayasanker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Jayasanker live; 40 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 63 people.

The surname Jayasanker is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Jayasanker is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 38 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 38 percent live and Kerala, where 13 percent live. Beside India Jayasanker exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jayashanker9542/
Jaysanker951/
Jayasankker951/
Jayasangker951/
Jayashankerr913/
Jayshanker901/
Jeyashanker8614/
Jaishanker8029/
Joyshanker8029/
Saishanker701/
Seusanker6314/

Jayasanker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jayasanker in the Hindi language
जयशंकेरjayasankera-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Jayasanker
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