Sankham Surname

273,268th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Sankham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1,3771:51,2996,055
India411:18,708,912282,725
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Sankham (32) may also be a first name.

Sankham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sankham is most common in Thailand. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 273,268th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,121,255 people. The last name Sankham occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankham live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Tai-Asia. Sankham is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name at a global level It is held by 32 people.

Sankham is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 1,377 people, or 1 in 51,299. In Thailand Sankham is primarily concentrated in: Khon Kaen Province, where 13 percent are found, Amnat Charoen Province, where 12 percent are found and Sisaket Province, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Thailand it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Sankham
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