Sankana Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Sankana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Burkina Faso | 45 | 1:407,824 | 6,238 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankana (49) may also be a first name.
Sankana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankana (Hindi: संकना, Marathi: संकाणा) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankana? popularity and diffusion
Sankana is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. Sankana is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sankana reside; 36 percent reside in South Asia and 36 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sankana is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name internationally, held by 49 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 12,784,423. In India it is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 63 percent live, Maharashtra, where 32 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankana in the Marathi language | ||
| संकाणा | sankana | 66.67 |
| संकणा | sankana | 12.12 |
| संकाना | sankana | 12.12 |
| संका | sanka | 6.06 |
| संकना | sankana | 3.03 |
| Sankana in the Hindi language | ||
| संकना | sankana | 50 |
| संकणा | sankana | 50 |
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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 Sankana
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