Shanika Surname
Approximately 3,698 people bear this surname
Shanika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 3,435 | 1:6,058 | 889 |
| Zambia | 92 | 1:172,282 | 11,887 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Namibia | 56 | 1:43,025 | 5,619 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Shanika (35,716) may also be a first name.
Shanika Demographics
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Shanika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shanika (Bengali: শানিকা, Hindi: शानिका, Marathi: शानीका, Oriya: ଶନିକା) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanika? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 123,467th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,970,672 people. Shanika occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Shanika are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shanika is also the 24,356th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 35,716 people.
This last name is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 3,435 people, or 1 in 6,058. Besides Sri Lanka it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Shanika Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shanika last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shanika earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.17% more than the national average, earning R 349,740 per year and in United States they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning $40,168 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanika in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶନିକା | sanika | 84.88 |
| ଶାନିକା | sanika | 6.98 |
| ଶନୀକା | sanika | 2.33 |
| ଷନିକା | sanika | 2.33 |
| ସାନିକା | sanika | 1.16 |
| ସାନମାା | sanamaa | 1.16 |
| ଶାନୀକା | sanika | 1.16 |
| Shanika in the Hindi language | ||
| शानिका | sanika | 56.52 |
| शनिका | sanika | 30.43 |
| शनीका | sanika | 13.04 |
| Shanika in the Bengali language | ||
| শানিকা | sanika | 50 |
| শনিকা | sanika | 50 |
| Shanika in the Marathi language | ||
| शानीका | sanika | 50 |
| शनीका | sanika | 50 |
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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 Shanika
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