Sankua Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Sankua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sankua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankua (Hindi: संकुआ, Oriya: ସୁଆ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sankua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankua is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sankua are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 13,457,287. In India it is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 53 percent are found and Odisha, where 47 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankua in the Hindi language | ||
| संकुआ | sanku'a | - |
| Sankua in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁଆ | su'a | 57.14 |
| ଶୁଆ | su'a | 28.57 |
| ସଂକୁଆ | sanku'a | 4.76 |
| ମନେରାମା | manerama | 4.76 |
| େବଣୁ | ebanu | 4.76 |
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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 Sankua
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