Sankiri Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sankiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1061:97,50611,150
India171:45,121,493474,784
Japan31:42,614,76459,022

Sankiri (175) may also be a first name.

Sankiri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sankiri (Hindi: संकिरी, Oriya: ସିରୀ) is found most frequently in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankiri? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,604,449th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname Sankiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sankiri live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 690,096th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 175 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 97,506. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 64 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 35 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 1 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent reside and Japan, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sankiri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sankiri in the Hindi language
संकिरीsankiri50
संकीरीsankiri50
Sankiri in the Oriya language
ସିରୀsiri29.59
ସିରିsiri26.53
ଶିରିsiri7.14
ଶିରୀsiri7.14
ସାିରିsairi6.12
ୀରିiri5.1
ସଂକିରିsankiri4.08
ଶାିରିsairi4.08
ଶାିରୀsairi3.06
ୀରୀiri3.06
ସଂକିରୀsankiri1.02
ସଁାକିରୀsamakiri1.02
ଶାଂକିରୀsankiri1.02

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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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  • 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 Sankiri
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