Shivshanker Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Guyana

Shivshanker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Shivshanker Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Shivshanker (526) may also be a first name.

Shivshanker Last Name Facts

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

Shivshanker (Hindi: शिवशंकर) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shivshanker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shivshanker is the 3,055,934th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Shivshanker is predominantly found in Asia, where 39 percent of Shivshanker reside; 39 percent reside in South Asia and 39 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 367,904th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 526 people.

Shivshanker is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is most numerous in: Delhi, where 31 percent live, Telangana, where 25 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 19 percent live. Other than India this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 24 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shivsanker952/
Shievsanker911/
Shiwshanker911/
Sivsanker9031/
Shiwsanker8610/
Shewshanker8225/
Siwsanker8027/
Sewshanker7685/
Shewsanker761/
Sewsanker70433/
Sewsamker601/
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Shivshanker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shivshanker in the Hindi language
शिवशंकरsivasankara97.14
शिवशंकेरsivasankera2.86

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Shivshanker
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