Shankhwar Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shankhwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Shankhwar 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
India2981:2,574,04581,367
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shankhwar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shankhwar (Hindi: शंखवार, Marathi: शंखवार) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shankhwar.

How Common Is The Last Name Shankhwar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 885,573rd most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shankhwar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 2,574,045. In India Shankhwar is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside, Delhi, where 19 percent reside and Punjab, where 10 percent reside. Beside India Shankhwar exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

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
Sankhwar94292/
Shankwar9452/
Shankhvar89323/
Shankhbar897/
Shankware891/
Sankwar888/
Sankhvar82349/
Shankvar8218/
Shankbar821/
Sankvar754/
Sonkwar753/
Songkhware741/
Songkwar711/
Sanckbar711/
Sonkware711/
Sanjvar631/
Somkhuar595/
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Shankhwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shankhwar in the Hindi language
शंखवारsankhavara92.45
संखवारsankhavara3.77
शंकवारsankavara1.89
शंखावारsankhavara1.89
Shankhwar in the Marathi language
शंखवारsankhavara88.89
शंखावरsankhavara11.11

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