Kanskar Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Kanskar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Nepal | 11 | 1:2,589,178 | 9,158 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kanskär (5) are calculated separately.
Kanskar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanskar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanskar (Hindi: कांस्कार, Marathi: कानसकर) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kanskär. For other potential spellings of Kanskar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanskar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,527,735th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Kanskar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanskar are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 6,186,011. In India Kanskar is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 33 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 20 percent are found and Bihar, where 15 percent are found. Other than India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanskar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanskar in the Marathi language | ||
| कानसकर | kanasakara | 75 |
| कंसकर | kansakara | 10 |
| कंसकार | kansakara | 10 |
| कानासकर | kanasakara | 5 |
| Kanskar in the Hindi language | ||
| कांस्कार | kanskara | 50 |
| कांसकार | kansakara | 50 |
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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 Kanskar
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