Sankeng Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Sankeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand2251:313,94854,096
Cameroon621:334,98530,391
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Sankeng (10) may also be a first name.

Sankeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sankeng occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankeng? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 912,827th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. Sankeng is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Sankeng live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 313,948. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Phayao Province, where 91 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 4 percent live and Bangkok, where 2 percent live. Apart from Thailand Sankeng is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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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 Sankeng
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