Jaysankar Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Jaysankar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jaysankar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India151:51,137,692512,385
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Jaysankar (392) may also be a first name.

Jaysankar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jaysankar (Bengali: জয়শংকর, Hindi: जयसंकर, Marathi: शंकर, Oriya: ଜୟଶର) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jaysankar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Jaysankar live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jaysankar is also the 436,979th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 392 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 51,137,692. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 27 percent live, Karnataka, where 20 percent live and Telangana, where 20 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jaysankar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jaysankar in the Bengali language
জয়শংকরjayasankara-
Jaysankar in the Oriya language
ଜୟଶରjayasara-
Jaysankar in the Hindi language
जयसंकरjayasankara73.33
जयशंकरjayasankara20
जयjaya6.67
Jaysankar in the Marathi language
शंकरsankara50
जयशंकरjayasankara50

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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 Jaysankar
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