Shounak Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Shounak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shounak (1,605) may also be a first name.
Shounak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shounak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shounak (Bengali: শৌনক, Hindi: शौनक, Marathi: शौनक, Oriya: େଶୗନକ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shounak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Shounak reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 192,886th most frequent given name in the world, held by 1,605 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Shounak is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 18 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 18 percent are found and Delhi, where 14 percent are found. Apart from India it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shounak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shounak in the Bengali language | ||
| শৌনক | saunaka | - |
| Shounak in the Hindi language | ||
| शौनक | saunaka | - |
| Shounak in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶୗନକ | esanaka | - |
| Shounak in the Marathi language | ||
| शौनक | saunaka | 90 |
| शोनक | sonaka | 2.5 |
| शोऊनक | so'unaka | 2.5 |
| सौनक | saunaka | 2.5 |
| शौिनक | sauinaka | 2.5 |
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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 Shounak
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