Sankie Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Sankie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sankie (1,203) may also be a first name.
Sankie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankie is found most frequently in Botswana. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sankie is the 1,795,579th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Sankie is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Sankie live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sankie is also the 228,372nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 1,203 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 30,374. Barring Botswana Sankie is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Sankie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sankie has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the surname fell 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sankie
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