Shankat Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shankat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shankat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2121:3,618,233101,667
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Shankat (196) may also be a first name.

Shankat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shankat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shankat (Hindi: शंकट, Marathi: शांकट, Oriya: େବେହରା) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shankat.

How Common Is The Last Name Shankat? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,079,669th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Shankat live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shankat is also the 648,004th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 196 people.

This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 3,618,233. In India Shankat is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 93 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent are found and Telangana, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shankat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shankat in the Marathi language
शांकटsankata88.81
शंकरsankara3.73
शंकातsankata1.02
शांकटानेsankatane0.68
सकरsakara0.68
शांकटपाsankatapa0.68
शंकतsankata0.68
सकटsakata0.68
शंकटsankata0.68
शाकटsakata0.68
शांकाटsankata0.68
साकटsakata0.68
शकतsakata0.34
Shankat in the Hindi language
शंकटsankata70.97
शांकतsankata16.13
शाँकतsamkata6.45
शंकतsankata3.23
संकटsankata3.23
Shankat in the Oriya language
େବେହରାebehara57.14
କେହନ୍ଇkehani14.29
େଜନାejana14.29
ରଣାrana14.29

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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 Shankat
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