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 last name Sankha (Bengali: শঙ্খ, Hindi: संखा, Marathi: संखा, Oriya: ମାଝୀ, Tibetan: སན་ཁ་) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankha is the 1,231,034th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Sankha are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 66,117th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 8,917 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 2 percent live.
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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