Sinkara Surname

422,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 821 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sinkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8081:65,5226,942
India51:153,413,076951,030
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sinkara (58) may also be a first name.

Sinkara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinkara (Hindi: सिंकारा, Marathi: िंसकरा, Russian: Синкара) is found most in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinkara? popularity and diffusion

Sinkara is the 422,155th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sinkara live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sinkara is also the 1,295,729th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 58 people.

The surname Sinkara is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 808 people, or 1 in 65,522. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 46 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 34 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Senegal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sinkara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sinkara in the Marathi language
िंसकराinsakara-
Sinkara in the Hindi language
सिंकाराsinkara88.89
सिन्काराsinkara7.41
सिंकराsinkara3.7
Sinkara in the Russian language
Синкараsinkara-

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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 Sinkara
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