Schanka Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Schanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Schanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schanka is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schanka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schanka is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Schanka occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Schanka reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and North Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Schanka is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Schanka
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