Shakana Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Shakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shakana (222) may also be a first name.
Shakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shakana (Hindi: शकाना, Marathi: शकाना, Russian: Шакана) is most common in India. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shakana is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Shakana live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 605,116th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 222 people.
The surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Shakana is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 50 percent live, Maharashtra, where 40 percent live and Bihar, where 10 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakana in the Hindi language | ||
| शकाना | sakana | 83.33 |
| शकना | sakana | 16.67 |
| Shakana in the Marathi language | ||
| शकाना | sakana | 33.33 |
| शाकना | sakana | 22.22 |
| शबाना | sabana | 22.22 |
| शकानााक | sakanaaka | 11.11 |
| शकानाान | sakanaana | 11.11 |
| Shakana in the Russian language | ||
| Шакана | sakana | - |
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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 Shakana
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