Sanskar Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Sanskar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sanskar 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
India971:7,907,891167,329
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sanskar (550) may also be a first name.

Sanskar Last Name Facts

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

Sanskar (Hindi: संस्कार, Marathi: बंदकर, Oriya: ସଂାର) has its highest incidence in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sanskar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanskar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sanskar is the 1,849,867th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Sanskar is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sanskar live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 359,069th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 550 people.

This surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 7,907,891. In India Sanskar is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 74 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent live and West Bengal, where 3 percent live. Besides India Sanskar exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Bahrain, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 1 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
Saunskar931/
Shanshkar886/
Janskar8614/
Sonskar865/
Zanskar864/
Sanjkar861/
Shamskar8013/
Sonskkar801/
Chanskar801/
Jahnskaar751/
Janscar711/
Jaunjkar6713/
Johnskar675/
Jeanscar671/
Somshkar671/
Chanchkar634/
Chandjkar632/
Jonjkar571/
Samscord532/
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Sanskar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanskar in the Oriya language
ସଂାରsamara-
Sanskar in the Hindi language
संस्कारsanskara98.29
संस्कारज़्sanskaraz0.85
संसकारsansakara0.85
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Sanskar in the Marathi language
बंदकरbandakara50
सागरsagara50

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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 Sanskar
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