Sheoshanker Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sheoshanker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheoshanker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sheoshanker (15) may also be a first name.

Sheoshanker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheoshanker (Hindi: शिवशंकर) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sheoshanker.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheoshanker? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sheoshanker is the 2,746,821st most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Sheoshanker live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,389,172. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Sheoshanker is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Sheoshanker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sheoshanker last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Sheoshanker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.06% less than the national average, earning R 59,268 per year and in United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sheoshanker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheoshanker in the Hindi language
शिवशंकरsivasankara-

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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 Sheoshanker
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