Shankhar Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Shankhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 265 | 1:2,894,586 | 87,884 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shankhar (661) may also be a first name.
Shankhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shankhar (Bengali: শঙ্খর, Hindi: शंखर, Marathi: शंकर, Oriya: ଶର, Tibetan: ཤང་ཀར་) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shankhar.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankhar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 906,170th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shankhar are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shankhar is also the 322,851st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 661 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 2,894,586. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 28 percent reside, West Bengal, where 22 percent reside and Telangana, where 11 percent reside. Apart from India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shankhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shankhar in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্খর | sankhara | - |
| Shankhar in the Hindi language | ||
| शंखर | sankhara | 97.96 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 1.02 |
| शांखर | sankhara | 1.02 |
| Shankhar in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | 82.14 |
| शंखर | sankhara | 14.29 |
| शंखार | sankhara | 3.57 |
| Shankhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶର | sara | 64.13 |
| ଶାାର | saara | 22.83 |
| ଶାର | sara | 11.96 |
| େଲାହାର | elahara | 1.09 |
| Shankhar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤང་ཀར་ | shangkar | 40 |
| ཤང་ཁར་ | shangkhar | 40 |
| ཤང་དཀར་ | shangkar | 20 |
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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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