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) is most common in India. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 341,330th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,772,812 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankh reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sankh is also the 129,417th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 3,102 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,035 people, or 1 in 741,126. In India Sankh is most prevalent in: Karnataka, where 58 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 23 percent are found and Gujarat, where 13 percent are found. Excluding India this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
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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