Shanaka Surname
Approximately 5,119 people bear this surname
Shanaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,043 | 1:4,126 | 601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shanaka (29,009) may also be a first name.
Shanaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanaka (Bengali: শনকা, Marathi: शानाका, Oriya: ଶନକା) is most common in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shanaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 93,242nd most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,423,627 people. The last name Shanaka occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shanaka live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 28,624th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 29,009 people.
It is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 5,043 people, or 1 in 4,126. Besides Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanaka in the Bengali language | ||
| শনকা | sanaka | - |
| Shanaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶନକା | sanaka | - |
| Shanaka in the Marathi language | ||
| शानाका | sanaka | 40 |
| शंकर | sankara | 20 |
| शाणाका | sanaka | 10 |
| शनका | sanaka | 10 |
| धनपाल | dhanapala | 10 |
| शानका | sanaka | 10 |
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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 Shanaka
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