Sankasi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sankasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sankasi (23) may also be a first name.
Sankasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankasi (Hindi: सनकसी) occurs most in Namibia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sankasi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankasi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Sankasi is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sankasi reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 602,350. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Zambezi Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankasi in the Hindi language | ||
| सनकसी | sanakasi | 75 |
| सानकसी | sanakasi | 25 |
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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 Sankasi
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