Shantha Surname
Approximately 14,299 people bear this surname
Shantha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 12,791 | 1:1,627 | 225 |
| India | 1,162 | 1:660,125 | 31,087 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Shantha (47,604) may also be a first name.
Shantha Demographics
Average Shantha Salary in
United States
$47,596 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shantha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shantha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shantha (Hindi: शान्था, Marathi: शांता, Oriya: ମଦନେମାହନ) is most common in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shantha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 36,882nd most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 509,654 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shantha live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 19,265th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 47,604 people.
It is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 12,791 people, or 1 in 1,627. Outside of Sri Lanka this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Shantha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shantha last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.
Shantha earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $47,596 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shantha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shantha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଦନେମାହନ | madanemahana | - |
| Shantha in the Marathi language | ||
| शांता | santa | 67.61 |
| शांथा | santha | 23.94 |
| शान्था | santha | 5.63 |
| शंथ | santha | 1.41 |
| Shantha in the Hindi language | ||
| शान्था | santha | 60 |
| शन्था | santha | 40 |
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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 Shantha
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