Sankhar Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Sankhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 430 | 1:1,783,873 | 63,578 |
| Nepal | 143 | 1:199,168 | 2,935 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sankhar (1,856) may also be a first name.
Sankhar Demographics
Average Sankhar Salary in
United States
$40,441 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sankhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankhar (Bengali: শংকর, Hindi: संखर, Marathi: शंकर, Oriya: ଶାାର, Tibetan: ཤང་ཁར་) is most common in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 515,280th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,512,711 people. Sankhar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sankhar are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sankhar is also the 176,817th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,856 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 1,783,873. In India Sankhar is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 85 percent are found, West Bengal, where 4 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Aside from India this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Sankhar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sankhar last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sankhar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.28% less than the national average, earning $40,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.39% more than the national average, earning $56,834 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤང་ཁར་ | shangkhar | - |
| Sankhar in the Bengali language | ||
| শংকর | sankara | - |
| Sankhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାାର | saara | 73.94 |
| ସାାର | saara | 20.42 |
| ସଂଖର | sankhara | 2.82 |
| ଶାଂଖାର | sankhara | 1.41 |
| ଶଂଖର | sankhara | 0.7 |
| ସାଂଖର | sankhara | 0.7 |
| Sankhar in the Hindi language | ||
| संखर | sankhara | 66.67 |
| सन्खर | sankhara | 16.67 |
| संखार | sankhara | 16.67 |
| Sankhar in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | 46.15 |
| सणखर | sanakhara | 38.46 |
| साणकर | sanakara | 15.38 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sankhar
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