Shankir Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Shankir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Shankir (90) may also be a first name.
Shankir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shankir (Hindi: शंकिर, Marathi: शंकीर, Oriya: ଶଂକିର) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Shankir is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shankir reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 90 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Aside from Egypt it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shankir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shankir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଂକିର | sankira | - |
| Shankir in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकिर | sankira | 50 |
| शांकिर | sankira | 33.33 |
| शंकीर | sankira | 8.33 |
| शांकीर | sankira | 8.33 |
| Shankir in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकीर | sankira | 50 |
| शंकर | sankara | 40 |
| अशंकीर | asankira | 10 |
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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
- 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 Shankir
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