Khankar Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Khankar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 583 | 1:1,315,721 | 51,469 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Khankar (299) may also be a first name.
Khankar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khankar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khankar (Hindi: शंकर, Marathi: खणकर, Oriya: ଖର) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khankar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 528,890th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Khankar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 509,704th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 299 people.
The last name Khankar is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 583 people, or 1 in 1,315,721. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 91 percent reside, Assam, where 4 percent reside and West Bengal, where 2 percent reside. Other than India it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 4 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khankar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khankar in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | - |
| Khankar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖର | khara | - |
| Khankar in the Marathi language | ||
| खणकर | khanakara | 81.12 |
| खनकर | khanakara | 7.36 |
| खानकर | khanakara | 6.96 |
| खंकर | khankara | 0.8 |
| खामकर | khamakara | 0.54 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.54 |
| खारकर | kharakara | 0.27 |
| खाकर | khakara | 0.27 |
| खनाकार | khanakara | 0.27 |
| खानेकर | khanekara | 0.27 |
| खानकरी | khanakari | 0.27 |
| ठकाराम | thakarama | 0.27 |
| कंकर | kankara | 0.27 |
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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 Khankar
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