Sankh Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Sankh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,035 | 1:741,126 | 33,877 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Sankh (3,102) may also be a first name.
Sankh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankh (Bengali: সঙ্খ, Hindi: संख, Marathi: संख) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 341,330th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankh live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 129,417th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 3,102 people.
The surname Sankh is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,035 people, or 1 in 741,126. In India it is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 58 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 23 percent reside and Gujarat, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account India Sankh occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankh in the Bengali language | ||
| সঙ্খ | sankha | - |
| Sankh in the Marathi language | ||
| संख | sankha | 97.98 |
| ेांख | eankha | 0.58 |
| शंख | sankha | 0.29 |
| Sankh in the Hindi language | ||
| संख | sankha | 62.5 |
| सन्ख | sankha | 16.67 |
| सांख | sankha | 4.17 |
| शांखा | sankha | 4.17 |
| शंख | sankha | 4.17 |
| संख्यादेवी | sankhyadevi | 4.17 |
| संख् | sankh | 4.17 |
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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 Sankh
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