Sakpal Surname

12,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sakpal Surname User-submission:

The word comes from the Sanskrit word, shankh-pal, meaning 'caretaker of the conch shell'. Perhaps the role of ancestors in the society.

In Hindu culture, the conch shell has quite a religious and cultural significance. In Mythology, a conch shell would be blown (as a horn) to mark start and end of day in a battle.

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Sakpal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India45,1891:16,9751,356
United Arab Emirates791:115,9789,837
United States541:6,712,202314,667
England171:3,277,533109,658
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Oman41:921,9937,313
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
American Samoa11:55,7583,072

Sakpal (65) may also be a first name.

Sakpal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The word comes from the Sanskrit word, shankh-pal, meaning 'caretaker of the conch shell'. Perhaps the role of ancestors in the society.

In Hindu culture, the conch shell has quite a religious and cultural significance. In Mythology, a conch shell would be blown (as a horn) to mark start and end of day in a battle. Even today, in many religious prayers, a conch shell is blown with the idea that the sound is auspicious.

- kunal.sakpal

Sakpal Last Name Facts

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

Sakpal (Hindi: सकपाल, Marathi: सकपाळ) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakpal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 12,360th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 160,476 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sakpal reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,212,820th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 65 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 45,189 people, or 1 in 16,975. In India Sakpal is most common in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent reside and Goa, where 0 percent reside. Other than India Sakpal occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Sakpal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sakpal surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Sakpal earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.27% less than the national average, earning $39,580 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakpale92339/
Sakhpal9239/
Sakpaal9228/
Shakpal927/
Saykpal921/
Sackpal921/
Sajkpal921/
Sakpalh921/
Sakpall921/
Scakpal921/
Ssakpal921/
Shakhpal865/
Shakpale861/
Sakpalle861/
Sagpal837/
Sekpal834/
Shakhpale8014/
Sokpale7741/
Zakpale7717/
Sookpal774/
Shaikpalle751/
Shaikhphal751/
Sookpaul7122/
Zakhpail7114/
Shaikhpatel716/
Jackpaul714/
Siokpale711/
Sokphaul711/
Jagpal671,183/
Cacpal67481/
Zacpal67188/
Sokpol671/
Sagpol671/
Sekpol671/
Shekhpaal671/
Saihgpaul671/
Shackpole670/

Sakpal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakpal in the Hindi language
सकपालsakapala-
Sakpal in the Marathi language
सकपाळsakapala91.5
सकपालsakapala5.29
शंकरsankara0.68
सपकाळsapakala0.49
सकपाऴsakapala0.29
संपतsampata0.09
िशतलisatala0.08
सायलीsayali0.06
सकपळsakapala0.03
सकपाळॅsakapale0.03
सक्पाळsakpala0.03
सक्पालsakpala0.03
सपनाsapana0.02
संपदाsampada0.02
सकापालsakapala0.01
साकपाळsakapala0.01
सकवाळsakavala0.01
सत्याळsatyala0.01
शिशकलाsisakala0.01
सतुपालsatupala0.01
शकंरsakanra0.01
सपकाऴsapakala0.01
शामलsamala0.01
सपकालsapakala0.01
सळपाळsalapala0.01
सकपाफ़sakapafa0.01
कपाळkapala0.01
सरलाsarala0.01
सकपलsakapala0.01
सक्पलsakpala0.01
सकपाळेsakapale0.01
सकपाकsakapaka0.01
साक्पालsakpala0.01
कपालkapala0
सचपालsacapala0
समपाळsamapala0
किपलkipala0
एकपळekapala0
सपळाळsapalala0
साज्क्पालsajkpala0
कसपालkasapala0
शणालsanala0
ससपाळsasapala0
साचलीsacali0
सकवालsakavala0
सक़पाळsaqapala0
सपताळsapatala0
सावळाsavala0
गांपाळgampala0
शामल्samal0

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