Sangka Surname
Approximately 2,348 people bear this surname
Sangka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,550 | 1:85,322 | 8,966 |
| Thailand | 489 | 1:144,455 | 22,677 |
| Philippines | 234 | 1:432,642 | 53,869 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sangka (1,540) may also be a first name.
Sangka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangka (Bengali: সংকরানী, Tibetan: སངས་དཀའ།) is most common in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sangka.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 181,314th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,103,725 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sangka reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sangka is also the 197,593rd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 1,540 people.
It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,550 people, or 1 in 85,322. In Indonesia Sangka is most prevalent in: South Sulawesi, where 34 percent live, Bali, where 15 percent live and West Java, where 7 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangka in the Bengali language | ||
| সংকরানী | sankarani | 50 |
| শংকমালা | sankamala | 50 |
| Sangka in the Tibetan language | ||
| སངས་དཀའ། | sangka | 33.33 |
| སང་ཀ་ | sangka | 33.33 |
| གསང་ཀ། | sangka | 33.33 |
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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 Sangka
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