Sankas Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Sankas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India61:127,844,230863,365
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Sankas (31) may also be a first name.

Sankas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sankas (Arabic: سنكاس, Marathi: सांकस) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sankas is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Sankas occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Sankas reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sankas is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 31 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 100 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent are found and Thailand, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sangkas927/
Shankas922/
Sankash921/
Sangkass861/
Sankatse861/
Sangkasd861/
Jankas8371/
Sancas8363/
Cankas8321/
Zankas835/
Sankos833/
Sankaz831/
Sanqas831/
Sankasova801/
Siancas775,759/
Seancas77157/
Zangkas7713/
Giankas7711/
Jangkas777/
Sankace773/
Jankaus772/
Cangkas771/
Sankacz771/
Sankeus771/
Sankohs771/
Sancais771/
Shancase714/
Shankashova714/
Shonkase714/
Jasinkas713/
Sonkashe712/
Giannkas711/
Samkatse711/
Ziangkas711/
Scankoss711/
Schamkas710/
Zancas6753/
Jankač6743/
Jankos6741/
Cankaz6731/
Jankaš6723/
Sancos6720/
Cancas6719/
Chaunkase6717/
Conkas6715/
Jonkas675/
Somkas674/
Sankoz672/
Zankos671/
Jancas671/
Sancheaus671/
Sancaz671/
Sonkos671/
Djankasse671/

Sankas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankas in the Marathi language
सांकसsankasa-
Sankas in the Arabic language
سنكاسsnkas-

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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 Sankas
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