Shankh Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Shankh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 315 | 1:2,435,128 | 78,411 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Shankh (638) may also be a first name.
Shankh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shankh (Bengali: শঙ্খ, Hindi: शंख, Marathi: शंख, Oriya: ଶାଂଖ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 860,770th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. Shankh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shankh live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shankh is also the 329,390th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 638 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 2,435,128. In India Shankh is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 43 percent live, Jharkhand, where 39 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Mongolia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shankh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shankh in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্খ | sankha | - |
| Shankh in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାଂଖ | sankha | - |
| Shankh in the Marathi language | ||
| शंख | sankha | 99.08 |
| संख | sankha | 0.92 |
| Shankh in the Hindi language | ||
| शंख | sankha | 88.51 |
| शन्ख | sankha | 10.34 |
| षंख | sankha | 0.57 |
| शांख | sankha | 0.57 |
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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 Shankh
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