Sankha Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Sankha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankha (8,917) may also be a first name.
Sankha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankha (Bengali: শঙ্খ, Hindi: संखा, Marathi: संखा, Oriya: ମାଝୀ, Tibetan: སན་ཁ་) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankha? popularity and diffusion
Sankha is the 1,231,034th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Sankha occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Sankha reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sankha is also the 66,117th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 8,917 people.
Sankha is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Barring Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankha in the Hindi language | ||
| संखा | sankha | 80 |
| सांखा | sankha | 8.89 |
| शंखा | sankha | 4.44 |
| शंखाा | sankhaa | 2.22 |
| शंख | sankha | 2.22 |
| सनखा | sanakha | 2.22 |
| Sankha in the Marathi language | ||
| संखा | sankha | 78.95 |
| सांखा | sankha | 10.53 |
| शंखशु | sankhasu | 5.26 |
| शंकर | sankara | 5.26 |
| Sankha in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্খ | sankha | 54.17 |
| শঙ্খশুভ্র | sankhasubhra | 12.5 |
| শঙ্খপল্লব | sankhapallaba | 8.33 |
| শঙ্ক | sanka | 8.33 |
| সঙ্খ | sankha | 4.17 |
| সংখ | sankha | 4.17 |
| শঙ্করাম | sankarama | 4.17 |
| সংক্ষ | sanksa | 4.17 |
| Sankha in the Tibetan language | ||
| སན་ཁ་ | senkha | 35.29 |
| སང་ཁ་ | sangkha | 17.65 |
| སཱན་ཁ་ | senkha | 11.76 |
| གསང་ཁ་ | sangkha | 11.76 |
| ཤཱང་ཁ་ | shangkha | 5.88 |
| ཤང་ཁ་ | shangkha | 5.88 |
| ཤང་ཀ་ | shangka | 5.88 |
| སང་ཁ | sangkha | 5.88 |
| Sankha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଝୀ | majhi | 31.96 |
| େସାେରନ | esaerana | 17.53 |
| ହଁାସଦାଃ | hamasadah | 12.03 |
| ସେରନ | serana | 7.56 |
| ଚରଣ | carana | 6.53 |
| ମାଝି | majhi | 4.81 |
| ଶାଂଖ | sankha | 4.47 |
| ସାଂଖ | sankha | 3.78 |
| ସଂଖ | sankha | 1.37 |
| ବାରିକ | barika | 1.03 |
| ସଂଖା | sankha | 0.69 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 0.69 |
| ନାହାକ | nahaka | 0.69 |
| ଶଂଖ | sankha | 0.69 |
| ଖୁିଆ | khui'a | 0.34 |
| ମଳିକ | malika | 0.34 |
| ଖମାରୀ | khamari | 0.34 |
| େଯନା | eyana | 0.34 |
| ବାଘ | bagha | 0.34 |
| ନାଥ | natha | 0.34 |
| ସନସା | sanasa | 0.34 |
| ବରିହା | bariha | 0.34 |
| ମହର | mahara | 0.34 |
| ସଖି | sakhi | 0.34 |
| େସେରନ | eserana | 0.34 |
| ପଭା | pabha | 0.34 |
| ମାହାଲି | mahali | 0.34 |
| ସିଂହ | sinha | 0.34 |
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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
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- 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 Sankha
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