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
Kanskar (Hindi: कांस्कार, Marathi: कानसकर) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur as: Kanskär. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanskar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanskar is the 1,527,735th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanskar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 6,186,011. In India Kanskar is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 33 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 20 percent reside and Bihar, where 15 percent reside. Beside India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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