Sankhare Surname
Approximately 4,838 people bear this surname
Sankhare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 3,893 | 1:3,745 | 224 |
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| France | 220 | 1:301,921 | 46,106 |
| Mauritania | 69 | 1:59,346 | 4,180 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Nepal | 16 | 1:1,780,060 | 7,778 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sankharé (685) are calculated separately.
Sankhare (61) may also be a first name.
Sankhare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankhare (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﻐﺎﺭﻯ, Hindi: संखरे, Marathi: सांखरे) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Sankharé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhare? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,028th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,506,314 people. Sankhare occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sankhare are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name on earth, held by 61 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is borne by 3,893 people, or 1 in 3,745. In Senegal Sankhare is most prevalent in: Dakar Region, where 28 percent live, Kaolack Region, where 18 percent live and Tambacounda Region, where 15 percent live. Apart from Senegal Sankhare occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 12 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankhare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhare in the Hindi language | ||
| संखरे | sankhare | - |
| Sankhare in the Marathi language | ||
| सांखरे | sankhare | 83.33 |
| शंकर | sankara | 16.67 |
| Sankhare in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻨﻐﺎﺭﻯ | snghary | 41.71 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻘﺎﺭﻯ | sanqary | 9.55 |
| ﺳﻨﻘﺎﺭﻱ | snqary | 8.54 |
| ﺳﻨﻘﺎﺭﻯ | snqary | 8.04 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻐﺎﺭﻯ | sanghary | 7.04 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﺨﺎﺭﻯ | sankhary | 4.52 |
| ﺳﻨﺨﺎﺭﻯ | snkhary | 3.52 |
| ﺻﻨﻐﺎﺭﻯ | snghary | 2.01 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻜﺎﺭﻯ | sankary | 1.51 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻘﺮﻱ | sanqry | 1.51 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻐﺎﺭﻱ | sanghary | 1.51 |
| ﺳﻨﻐﺎﺭﻱ | snghary | 1.51 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﺨﺮﻯ | sankhry | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻐﺮﻱ | sanghry | 0.5 |
| ﺳﻨﺨﺎﺭﻱ | snkhary | 0.5 |
| ﺻﺎﻧﻐﺎﺭﻯ | sanghary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻐﺮﻯ | sanghry | 0.5 |
| ﺳﻨﻜﺎﺭﻱ | snkary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻗﺎﺭﻯ | saqary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻘﺮﻯ | sanqry | 0.5 |
| ﺳﻨﻐﺮﻯ | snghry | 0.5 |
| ﺻﻨﻘﺎﺭﻯ | snqary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﻨﻜﺎﺭﻯ | snkary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻘﺎﺭﻱ | sanqary | 0.5 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﻜﺎﺭﻱ | sankary | 0.5 |
| ﺻﻨﻐﺎﺭﻩ | sngharh | 0.5 |
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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 Sankhare
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