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 most in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Khankar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khankar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Khankar is the 528,890th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Khankar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 509,704th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 299 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 583 people, or 1 in 1,315,721. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 91 percent live, Assam, where 4 percent live and West Bengal, where 2 percent live. Apart from India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 4 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.
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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