Sankes Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Sankes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:19,076,786604,894
India61:127,844,230863,365
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Suriname11:552,6169,664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Sankes (141) may also be a first name.

Sankes Last Name Facts

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

Sankes (Hindi: संकेस, Marathi: संकेस, Russian: Санкес) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sankes are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sankes is also the 778,371st most widely held first name globally It is held by 141 people.

The last name Sankes is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 53 percent live, Florida, where 32 percent live and North Carolina, where 16 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent live and The Netherlands, where 17 percent live.

Sankes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sankes has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sankes last name contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sankes Last Name Statistics demography

Sankes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sankesh9224/
Sankies9216/
Sankhes927/
Shankes923/
Sankeus921/
Shankesh864/
Sankkese861/
Shankies860/
Sances831,084/
Cankes83116/
Jankes83114/
Sankis8340/
Sonkes8326/
Samkes831/
Schankies802/
Seangkets801/
Shankhesh801/
Sanches77123,271/
Sonkesh7714/
Sanques7713/
Sanhces778/
Jankesh775/
Sancehs773/
Shances772/
Sanckis771/
Jahnkes771/
Sanckez771/
Songkes771/
Sancess771/
Sankhis771/
Jeankes770/
Sankeshova755/
Saunches7160/
Sanchesz7124/
Sanchezs7121/
Sanchess7121/
Sanquest7115/
Shanches7111/
Sianques715/
Saanches712/
Sannches712/
Sanquies711/
Sanqeshe711/
Sancheis711/
Sanhches711/
Sanchees711/
Schankis711/
Sankeich711/
Sancez67209/
Sancis67125/
Jankis6737/
Jankeš6736/
Zankis675/
Jonkes673/
Jamkes672/
Cankis671/
Schanches671/
Jankys671/
Seaunches671/
Sonkis671/
Zances671/
Shanquest670/

Sankes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankes in the Hindi language
संकेसsankesa-
Sankes in the Marathi language
संकेसsankesa75
संकेशsankesa25
Sankes in the Russian language
Санкесsankes-

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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 Sankes
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