Shandak Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Shandak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 182 | 1:145,194 | 7,353 |
| Jordan | 51 | 1:173,381 | 8,936 |
| Ukraine | 36 | 1:1,264,519 | 108,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shandak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shandak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shandak (Marathi: षांडक, Russian: Шандак) occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shandak? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shandak is the 956,400th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Shandak is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shandak are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
Shandak is most frequent in Yemen, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 145,194. In Yemen it is primarily found in: Taiz Governorate, where 71 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Not including Yemen this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 19 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shandak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shandak in the Marathi language | ||
| षांडक | sandaka | - |
| Shandak in the Russian language | ||
| Шандак | sandak | - |
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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 Shandak
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