Shankandi Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Shankandi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 265 | 1:59,811 | 5,423 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Shankandi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankandi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shankandi is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankandi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shankandi is the 924,083rd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shankandi live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 59,811. In Zambia Shankandi is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 99 percent live, Central Province, where 0 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 0 percent live. Other than Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankandi | 94 | 6 | / |
| Shenkandi | 89 | 149 | / |
| Siankandi | 89 | 82 | / |
| Shankanda | 89 | 5 | / |
| Shankande | 89 | 1 | / |
| Siankaandi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sankande | 82 | 581 | / |
| Sancandi | 82 | 319 | / |
| Sankanda | 82 | 103 | / |
| Sankandé | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sankondi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sankoundi | 78 | 17 | / |
| Siankanda | 78 | 16 | / |
| Shenkande | 78 | 9 | / |
| Siankande | 78 | 5 | / |
| Shankonda | 78 | 4 | / |
| Sahankonda | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shengkande | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sonkande | 71 | 9 | / |
| Zankande | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sankonda | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sankonde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samkande | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chankonde | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sankounde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siankonde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sangkamdee | 63 | 9 | / |
| Sankhamdee | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zonkande | 59 | 5 | / |
| Zankonde | 59 | 3 | / |
| Sonkonde | 59 | 3 | / |
| Sonkonda | 59 | 1 | / |
| Somkande | 59 | 1 | / |
| Changkeindee | 57 | 4 | / |
| Somkhamdi | 56 | 28 | / |
| Sonkounda | 56 | 14 | / |
| Sonkhamdi | 56 | 6 | / |
| Sounkounda | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shankandi
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