Nishankar Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Nishankar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Nishankar (21) may also be a first name.
Nishankar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishankar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nishankar (Hindi: निशांकर, Marathi: िनशानकर) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nishankar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishankar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nishankar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nishankar is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 21 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 7,102,457. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 74 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 18 percent live and Telangana, where 3 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nishanakar | 95 | 371 | / |
| Nishankara | 95 | 46 | / |
| Nishsankar | 95 | 7 | / |
| Nishyankar | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nishanekar | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nshankar | 94 | 44 | / |
| Nisankar | 94 | 3 | / |
| Nishshankar | 90 | 127 | / |
| Nishankarao | 90 | 108 | / |
| Nishankaray | 90 | 19 | / |
| Nishanakara | 90 | 1 | / |
| Nissankar | 89 | 14 | / |
| Nisankard | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nishankarrao | 86 | 43 | / |
| Nishankray | 84 | 3 | / |
| Nisangkard | 84 | 3 | / |
| Neeshankar | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nusankar | 82 | 12 | / |
| Nishankurao | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nshangare | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nissamkar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nishankhrrao | 76 | 1 | / |
| Nashanagar | 74 | 6 | / |
| Nashinakar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nashangari | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nshenkura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshingare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshinagare | 63 | 1 | / |
| Natchanngari | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nshinguru | 56 | 51 | / |
| Nshongore | 56 | 3 | / |
| Ntionkiri | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nshingury | 56 | 1 | / |
| Natchannagari | 55 | 31 | / |
| Nacchannagari | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nshungurho | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nshungwire | 53 | 1 | / |
Nishankar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nishankar in the Hindi language | ||
| निशांकर | nisankara | 50 |
| निशंकर | nisankara | 25 |
| नीशंकर | nisankara | 25 |
| Nishankar in the Marathi language | ||
| िनशानकर | inasanakara | 40.63 |
| िनशाणकर | inasanakara | 40.63 |
| िनशंकर | inasankara | 9.38 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 3.13 |
| िनशनकर | inasanakara | 3.13 |
| िनशंकार | inasankara | 3.13 |
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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 Nishankar
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