Sankalas Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Sankalas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 60 | 1:50,576 | 8,091 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Sankalas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankalas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankalas has its highest incidence in Lithuania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankalas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. Sankalas occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Sankalas reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The surname Sankalas is most commonly used in Lithuania, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 50,576. In Lithuania it is most prevalent in: Vilnius County, where 92 percent are found, Tauragė County, where 7 percent are found and Utena County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Lithuania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Estonia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankhalas | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sonkalas | 88 | 10 | / |
| Sankhalahas | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sonkalash | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sankoulas | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cancallas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Giankoulas | 67 | 39 | / |
| Cancalos | 63 | 2 | / |
| Jeancolas | 59 | 357 | / |
| Sonkolyos | 59 | 120 | / |
| Jõekallas | 59 | 15 | / |
| Giancoulas | 56 | 79 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sankalas
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