Sankhan Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Sankhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 491 | 1:143,866 | 22,548 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sankhan (46) may also be a first name.
Sankhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankhan (Georgian: სანხან, Hindi: संखन, Marathi: संखन) is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sankhan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 610,848th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankhan are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 46 people.
The surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 143,866. In Thailand Sankhan is most frequent in: Kalasin Province, where 73 percent are found, Roi Et Province, where 18 percent are found and Samut Prakan Province, where 4 percent are found. Besides Thailand this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhan in the Georgian language | ||
| სანხან | sankhan | - |
| Sankhan in the Marathi language | ||
| संखन | sankhana | - |
| Sankhan in the Hindi language | ||
| संखन | sankhana | 80 |
| संखं | sankham | 20 |
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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 Sankhan
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