Sankatan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sankatan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Sankatan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankatan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankatan (Marathi: संकतान) is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankatan? popularity and diffusion
Sankatan is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sankatan reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Sankatan is most numerous in: Negeri Sembilan, where 100 percent are found. Not including Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found and Lesotho, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankatane | 94 | 12 | / |
| Sankhatan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shangkatan | 89 | 1 | / |
| Cankatan | 88 | 152 | / |
| Sankatam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shangkathan | 84 | 21 | / |
| Sangcatan | 82 | 78 | / |
| Jangkatan | 82 | 4 | / |
| Sangketan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Sangkatam | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sangkaton | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sangkatachen | 80 | 15 | / |
| Sangkatham | 78 | 7 | / |
| Sangkhatam | 78 | 2 | / |
| Sangkathon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sangkaiton | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sangcataan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jamkatan | 75 | 43 | / |
| Sangkhathon | 74 | 33 | / |
| Sangkhatham | 74 | 3 | / |
| Sangkaitoon | 74 | 1 | / |
| Songkaton | 71 | 90 | / |
| Shamkatam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangkatthong | 70 | 270 | / |
| Sangkhathong | 70 | 1 | / |
| Saungkhatham | 70 | 1 | / |
| Songkhaton | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shongkotan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sangkathom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sangkatoom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chasenkaton | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jangkatthong | 60 | 1 | / |
| Jahankhatoon | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chankotam | 59 | 4 | / |
| Songkhoton | 56 | 4 | / |
| Songkhotong | 53 | 1 | / |
Sankatan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankatan in the Marathi language | ||
| संकतान | sankatana | 66.67 |
| संकटन | sankatana | 33.33 |
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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 Sankatan
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