Sank Surname
Approximately 841 people bear this surname
Sank Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 385 | 1:941,452 | 70,347 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Afghanistan | 41 | 1:784,224 | 8,247 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Turkey | 33 | 1:2,358,225 | 75,877 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Šank (18) are calculated separately.
Sank (294) may also be a first name.
Sank Demographics
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Sank Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sank Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sank (Bengali: সঙ্ক, Hindi: संक, Marathi: संक) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Šank. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sank? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 414,183rd most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The surname Sank occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Sank are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 514,566th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 294 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 941,452. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 18 percent live, New York, where 12 percent live and New Jersey, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Kuwait, where 8 percent live.
Sank Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sank has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sank last name expanded 464 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sank Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sank are 30.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.46% registered with the political party.
The amount Sank earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 42.4% more than the national average, earning R 338,400 per year; in United States they earn 24.31% more than the national average, earning $53,640 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.84% more than the national average, earning $54,574 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sank Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sank in the Bengali language | ||
| সঙ্ক | sanka | - |
| Sank in the Marathi language | ||
| संक | sanka | - |
| Sank in the Hindi language | ||
| संक | sanka | 80 |
| सन्क | sanka | 10 |
| संकठा | sankatha | 10 |
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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 Sank
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