Shankerlal Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Shankerlal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shankerlal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India231:33,350,669396,143
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Shankerlal (172) may also be a first name.

Shankerlal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shankerlal (Hindi: शंकरलाल, Marathi: शंकरलाल) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shankerlal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. Shankerlal occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shankerlal are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 696,764th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 172 people.

The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 33,350,669. In India Shankerlal is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 39 percent live, Telangana, where 17 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent live. Aside from India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live and Pakistan, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shankarlal90207/
Shankaralal867,861/
Shankar Lal867/
Shankarlaal861/
Sankarlal84149/
Shnkarlal841/
Shankar Lall821/
Sangkarlal8021/
Sankarlall806/
Changoer-Lalay671/

Shankerlal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shankerlal in the Marathi language
शंकरलालsankaralala86.67
सांखलाsankhala3.33
शांकेलsankela3.33
शंकेरलालsankeralala3.33
शंकरीलालsankarilala3.33
Shankerlal in the Hindi language
शंकरलालsankaralala75
शंकरsankara25

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shankerlal
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