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 surname Shankkar (Hindi: शंक्कर, Marathi: शंकर) is found most in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankkar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shankkar live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shankkar is also the 1,116,575th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 75 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 33,350,669. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 22 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 17 percent live and Karnataka, where 13 percent live. Other than India it 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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