Sankama Surname
Approximately 386 people bear this surname
Sankama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sankama (40) may also be a first name.
Sankama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankama (Marathi: संकमा, Oriya: ଶାାମା) is found most in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sankama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 745,450th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sankama are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sankama is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 40 people.
The surname Sankama is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାାମା | saama | - |
| Sankama in the Marathi language | ||
| संकमा | sankama | - |
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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 Sankama
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