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 borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankhar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 906,170th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shankhar live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shankhar is also the 322,851st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 661 people.
The last name Shankhar is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 2,894,586. In India Shankhar is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 28 percent are found, West Bengal, where 22 percent are found and Telangana, where 11 percent are found. Other than India this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
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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