Shanku Surname
Approximately 675 people bear this surname
Shanku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 633 | 1:1,211,794 | 48,528 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shanku (5,563) may also be a first name.
Shanku Demographics
Shanku Political Affiliation
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Shanku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shanku (Bengali: শঙ্কু, Hindi: शंकू, Marathi: शंकु, Oriya: ଶନକୁ, Tibetan: ཤན་སྐུ།) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shanku is the 490,615th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. The last name Shanku is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Shanku live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 89,878th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 5,563 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 633 people, or 1 in 1,211,794. In India it is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 47 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 24 percent reside and Telangana, where 22 percent reside. Besides India it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Albania, where 1 percent reside.
Shanku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shanku are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Shanku earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.61% less than the national average, earning $40,298 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶନକୁ | sanaku | - |
| Shanku in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্কু | sanku | 91.85 |
| শংকু | sanku | 5.19 |
| শাঙ্কু | sanku | 2.22 |
| শন্কু | sanku | 0.74 |
| Shanku in the Marathi language | ||
| शंकु | sanku | 62.22 |
| शंकू | sanku | 34 |
| शांकु | sanku | 1.56 |
| शंकर | sankara | 1.11 |
| शांकू | sanku | 0.44 |
| शंकुल | sankula | 0.22 |
| हंसु | hansu | 0.22 |
| लहानु | lahanu | 0.22 |
| Shanku in the Hindi language | ||
| शंकू | sanku | 50.63 |
| शंकु | sanku | 43.46 |
| शन्कू | sanku | 2.11 |
| शांकु | sanku | 0.84 |
| शन्कु | sanku | 0.84 |
| सानकू | sanaku | 0.42 |
| शान्कू | sanku | 0.42 |
| शंखू | sankhu | 0.42 |
| शांकू | sanku | 0.42 |
| Shanku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤན་སྐུ། | shenku | 25 |
| ཤན་ཀུ། | shenku | 25 |
| གཤན་ཀུ། | shenku | 25 |
| ཤཱན་སྐུ། | shenku | 25 |
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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 Shanku
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