Sankye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sankye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Sankye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankye occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sankye.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankye is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sankye reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Sankye is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 75 percent live and Telangana, where 25 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 20 percent live.
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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 Sankye
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