Sankai Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Sankai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 368 | 1:347,403 | 11,946 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankai (1,020) may also be a first name.
Sankai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankai (Hindi: संकई, Marathi: संकई, Oriya: ଶାଇ) is found most in Japan. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 702,422nd most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sankai live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 88 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 251,402nd most numerous first name on earth, held by 1,020 people.
The surname Sankai is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 347,403. In Japan it is most frequent in: Chiba Prefecture, where 19 percent reside, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 17 percent reside and Toyama Prefecture, where 14 percent reside. Besides Japan this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankai in the Hindi language | ||
| संकई | sanka'i | - |
| Sankai in the Marathi language | ||
| संकई | sanka'i | - |
| Sankai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାଇ | sa'i | 25 |
| ସାାଇ | saa'i | 25 |
| ସାଇ | sa'i | 25 |
| ଶାାଇ | saa'i | 25 |
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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 Sankai
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