Sankeshi Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Iran

Sankeshi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankeshi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Sankeshi (310) may also be a first name.

Sankeshi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sankeshi (Hindi: सनकेशी, Marathi: संकेशी) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sankeshi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankeshi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sankeshi is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankeshi reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sankeshi is also the 499,178th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 310 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Sankeshi is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 88 percent live and Bihar, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account India Sankeshi occurs in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sankeshi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankeshi in the Marathi language
संकेशीsankesi-
Sankeshi in the Hindi language
सनकेशीsanakesi45.24
सानकेशीsanakesi26.19
संकेशीsankesi16.67
सन्केशीsankesi4.76
संकेषीsankesi2.38
सांकेशीsankesi2.38
सनकेश्ीsanakesi2.38

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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 Sankeshi
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