Shankala Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Shankala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shankala (99) may also be a first name.
Shankala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shankala (Hindi: शंकला, Marathi: शंकला, Oriya: ଶଳା) occurs most in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. Shankala is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Shankala are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shankala is also the 951,070th most frequently held first name globally, held by 99 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 9,241,752. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 58 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Haryana, where 7 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shankala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shankala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଳା | sala | - |
| Shankala in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकला | sankala | 83.33 |
| शंकाला | sankala | 8.33 |
| शंकर | sankara | 8.33 |
| Shankala in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकला | sankala | 74.36 |
| शांकला | sankala | 15.38 |
| शानकला | sanakala | 5.13 |
| शनकला | sanakala | 2.56 |
| शंकाला | sankala | 2.56 |
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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 Shankala
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