Nisanka Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Nisanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nisanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2221:3,455,24998,719
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nisanka (1,841) may also be a first name.

Nisanka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nisanka (Marathi: िनसंका, Oriya: ନିସ) is most common in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nisanka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nisanka is the 1,064,392nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nisanka reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 177,753rd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 1,841 people.

It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 3,455,249. In India Nisanka is mostly concentrated in: Odisha, where 97 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent reside. Other than India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 4 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nisanka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nisanka in the Marathi language
िनसंकाinasanka-
Nisanka in the Oriya language
ନିସnisa45.33
ନିଶାnisa32
ନିଶnisa16.67
ନିରୂପଣଯ୍nirupanay0.67
ନିସଂକnisanka0.67
ସଂଜୟsanjaya0.67

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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 Nisanka
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