Sankan Surname
Approximately 3,592 people bear this surname
Sankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2,462 | 1:28,691 | 2,798 |
| Japan | 344 | 1:371,640 | 12,389 |
| Kenya | 326 | 1:141,656 | 11,444 |
| Ivory Coast | 213 | 1:108,316 | 5,514 |
| Liberia | 87 | 1:50,673 | 4,532 |
| Iran | 45 | 1:1,706,278 | 64,723 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Sankán (2) are calculated separately.
Sankan (760) may also be a first name.
Sankan Demographics
Average Sankan Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankan (Bengali: শঙ্কঁর, Hindi: संकण, Marathi: संकन, Oriya: ସାନ) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Sankán. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 126,499th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,028,827 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Sankan live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 297,915th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 760 people.
The last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is carried by 2,462 people, or 1 in 28,691. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 46 percent live, Sa Kaeo Province, where 17 percent live and Sisaket Province, where 9 percent live. Other than Thailand this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Sankan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Sankan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankan in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্কঁর | sankamra | - |
| Sankan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନ | sana | - |
| Sankan in the Marathi language | ||
| संकन | sankana | 83.87 |
| संकण | sankana | 16.13 |
| Sankan in the Hindi language | ||
| संकण | sankana | 52.94 |
| संकन | sankana | 35.29 |
| शंकर | sankara | 5.88 |
| सनकं | sanakam | 5.88 |
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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 Sankan
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