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) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shivshanker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name 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. Shivshanker is also the 367,904th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 526 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India Shivshanker is most common in: Delhi, where 31 percent reside, Telangana, where 25 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 19 percent reside. Aside from India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 24 percent reside.

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
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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 Shivshanker
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