Sankhwar Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Sankhwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sankhwar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2751:2,789,32985,809
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Sankhwar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sankhwar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sankhwar (Hindi: संखवार, Marathi: सांखावर, Oriya: ୱାର) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sankhwar.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankhwar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 910,497th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sankhwar are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 2,789,329. In India it is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 53 percent live, Delhi, where 13 percent live and Punjab, where 11 percent live. Barring India it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shankhwar94304/
Sankwar938/
Sankhvar88349/
Shankwar8852/
Shankhvar82323/
Shankhbar827/
Shankware821/
Sankvar804/
Sonkwar803/
Songkhware781/
Shankvar7518/
Songkwar751/
Sanckbar751/
Sonkware751/
Shankbar751/
Sanjvar671/
Somkhuar635/
Conkvar5342/
Somchuar501/
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Sankhwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankhwar in the Oriya language
ୱାରwara-
Sankhwar in the Marathi language
सांखावरsankhavara-
Sankhwar in the Hindi language
संखवारsankhavara97.14
शंखवारsankhavara1.43
संख्वारsankhvara1.43

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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 Sankhwar
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