Sankhani Surname
Approximately 2,801 people bear this surname
Sankhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,719 | 1:6,296 | 903 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sankhani (1,436) may also be a first name.
Sankhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankhani (Bengali: শঙ্খনী, Hindi: शंखनी, Marathi: संखानी, Russian: Санхани) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankhani is the 156,344th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,601,766 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sankhani live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 205,926th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 1,436 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,719 people, or 1 in 6,296. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankhani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhani in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্খনী | sankhani | - |
| Sankhani in the Marathi language | ||
| संखानी | sankhani | - |
| Sankhani in the Hindi language | ||
| शंखनी | sankhani | 60 |
| संखानी | sankhani | 20 |
| संखनी | sankhani | 20 |
| Sankhani in the Russian language | ||
| Санхани | sanhani | - |
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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 Sankhani
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