Shankola Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Shankola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 96 | 1:165,103 | 11,556 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shankola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shankola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shankola is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shankola click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shankola? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shankola is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shankola live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Shankola is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 165,103. In Zambia Shankola is mostly found in: Central Province, where 54 percent are found, Southern Province, where 45 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 1 percent are found. Beside Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shankola
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