Sankata Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Sankata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 175 | 1:90,571 | 7,461 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Japan | 129 | 1:991,041 | 19,991 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sankata (3,750) may also be a first name.
Sankata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankata (Hindi: संकटा, Marathi: संकटा) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sankata is the 584,278th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Sankata reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sankata is also the 114,966th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 3,750 people.
Sankata is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 90,571. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 68 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent live and Luapula Province, where 15 percent live. Outside of Zambia Sankata is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent live and Japan, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankata in the Hindi language | ||
| संकटा | sankata | 99.19 |
| संकता | sankata | 0.24 |
| सन्कटा | sankata | 0.2 |
| सांकटा | sankata | 0.08 |
| संकटा़ | sankata | 0.04 |
| संकाता | sankata | 0.04 |
| सँकटा | samkata | 0.04 |
| सन्कता | sankata | 0.04 |
| संकठा | sankatha | 0.04 |
| Sankata in the Marathi language | ||
| संकटा | sankata | 78.5 |
| संकता | sankata | 12.15 |
| संकन | sankana | 2.8 |
| संखाटा | sankhata | 1.87 |
| संखटा | sankhata | 1.87 |
| सांकता | sankata | 0.93 |
| संकढा | sankadha | 0.93 |
| संकाटा | sankata | 0.93 |
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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 Sankata
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