Sanker Surname
Approximately 3,300 people bear this surname
Sanker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,172 | 1:654,493 | 30,862 |
| United States | 929 | 1:390,160 | 34,284 |
| Belize | 272 | 1:1,307 | 301 |
| South Africa | 213 | 1:254,355 | 25,748 |
| United Arab Emirates | 201 | 1:45,583 | 4,611 |
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Oman | 17 | 1:216,939 | 3,845 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 1:469,333 | 33,530 |
Sanker (2,833) may also be a first name.
Sanker Demographics
Average Sanker Salary in
United States
$47,021 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sanker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanker (Hindi: शंकर, Marathi: शंकर, Russian: Санкер) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanker? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 136,058th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,208,347 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 47 percent of Sanker live; 36 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sanker is also the 136,858th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,833 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 1,172 people, or 1 in 654,493. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 30 percent reside, Chhattisgarh, where 20 percent reside and Delhi, where 8 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Belize, where 8 percent reside.
Sanker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sanker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sanker surname rose 868 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sanker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sanker last name are 14.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sanker earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning R 234,552 per year; in United States they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $47,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.67% more than the national average, earning $59,458 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanker in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | 91.23 |
| संकेर | sankera | 1.75 |
| संकेत | sanketa | 1.75 |
| शकर | sakara | 1.75 |
| शकंर | sakanra | 1.75 |
| Sanker in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | 57.58 |
| सनकेर | sanakera | 15.15 |
| संकर | sankara | 15.15 |
| संकेर | sankera | 6.06 |
| सांकेर | sankera | 3.03 |
| संकेत | sanketa | 3.03 |
| Sanker in the Russian language | ||
| Санкер | sanker | - |
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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 Sanker
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