Shankkar Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shankkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shankkar (75) may also be a first name.
Shankkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shankkar (Hindi: शंक्कर, Marathi: शंकर) occurs most in India. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankkar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shankkar reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shankkar is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 75 people.
Shankkar is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 33,350,669. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 22 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 17 percent live and Karnataka, where 13 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shankkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shankkar in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकर | sankara | - |
| Shankkar in the Hindi language | ||
| शंक्कर | sankkara | 88.46 |
| शंकर | sankara | 7.69 |
| शाक्कर | sakkara | 3.85 |
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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 Shankkar
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