Sankhu Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Sankhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 119 | 1:6,445,928 | 147,141 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Sankhu (1,403) may also be a first name.
Sankhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankhu (Bengali: শঙ্কু, Hindi: संखू, Marathi: संखु, Russian: Санху) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankhu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankhu are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sankhu is also the 208,697th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 1,403 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 6,445,928. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 49 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 31 percent are found and Telangana, where 7 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhu in the Marathi language | ||
| संखु | sankhu | 61.11 |
| संखू | sankhu | 33.33 |
| संकू | sanku | 5.56 |
| Sankhu in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্কু | sanku | 50 |
| শঙ্খু | sankhu | 25 |
| শংখু | sankhu | 25 |
| Sankhu in the Hindi language | ||
| संखू | sankhu | 50 |
| संखु | sankhu | 15.63 |
| सन्खू | sankhu | 12.5 |
| संखुआ | sankhu'a | 6.25 |
| सन्खु | sankhu | 6.25 |
| शंखुआ | sankhu'a | 3.13 |
| सनखू | sanakhu | 3.13 |
| शंखु | sankhu | 3.13 |
| Sankhu in the Russian language | ||
| Санху | sanhu | - |
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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 Sankhu
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