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
Average Shanku Salary in
United States
$40,298 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shanku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanku (Bengali: শঙ্কু, Hindi: शंकू, Marathi: शंकु, Oriya: ଶନକୁ, Tibetan: ཤན་སྐུ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 490,615th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,796,364 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shanku reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shanku is also the 89,878th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 5,563 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 1,211,794. In India it is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 47 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 24 percent are found and Telangana, where 22 percent are found. Other than India Shanku exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Albania, where 1 percent are found.
Shanku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shanku last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for 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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