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) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sankana are found; 36 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 49 people.
Sankana is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 12,784,423. In India Sankana is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 63 percent live, Maharashtra, where 32 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found 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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