Sankars Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sankars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sankars Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India311:24,744,045333,161
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Sankars (16) may also be a first name.

Sankars Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sankars Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sankars (Hindi: संकरस्) is found most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankars? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Sankars is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sankars live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sankars is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 16 people.

The surname Sankars is most widespread in India, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 24,744,045. In India Sankars is mostly found in: Kerala, where 65 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 13 percent reside and Karnataka, where 3 percent reside. Besides India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 26 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shankars9377/
Sankarsh932/
Shankarsh881/
Sankers866/
Jankars863/
Sancars861/
Shankers801/
Saunkers801/
Jonkars711/
Seinkers672/
Songkors671/
Songkhors632/
Zonkers571/
Jonkors571/
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Sankars Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankars in the Hindi language
संकरस्sankaras-

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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 Sankars
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