Shannkar Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shannkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shannkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India241:31,961,058386,265
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shannkar (208) may also be a first name.

Shannkar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shannkar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shannkar (Hindi: शंंकर, Marathi: शंंकर, Oriya: ଶଂର) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shannkar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shannkar are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shannkar is also the 627,410th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 208 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India Shannkar is most prevalent in: Rajasthan, where 33 percent reside, Uttarkhand, where 29 percent reside and Odisha, where 13 percent reside. Apart from India Shannkar is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shannkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shannkar in the Oriya language
ଶଂରsanra-
Shannkar in the Marathi language
शंंकरsamnkara92.4
शंकरsankara5.85
ठाकरthakara0.58
खानेकरkhanekara0.58
शेरकरserakara0.58
Shannkar in the Hindi language
शंंकरsamnkara57.97
शंकरsankara37.68
श्ंकरsnkara2.9
श्ांंकरsamnkara1.45

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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 Shannkar
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