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 surname Sankan (Bengali: শঙ্কঁর, Hindi: संकण, Marathi: संकन, Oriya: ସାନ) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Sankán. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 126,499th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,028,827 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Sankan reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Sankan is also the 297,915th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 760 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 2,462 people, or 1 in 28,691. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 46 percent are found, Sa Kaeo Province, where 17 percent are found and Sisaket Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Thailand this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 10 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.
Sankan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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