Skanda Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Skanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1811:292,49522,657
India451:17,045,897267,282
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Škanda (6) are calculated separately.

Skanda (565) may also be a first name.

Skanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skanda (Arabic: سكاندا, Hindi: स्कन्दा, Marathi: कंदााकर, Russian: Сканда) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Škanda. Click here for other potential spellings of Skanda.

How Common Is The Last Name Skanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 864,701st most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname Skanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Skanda live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 353,173rd most common given name on earth, borne by 565 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 292,495. In Tanzania Skanda is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 96 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.

Skanda Last Name Statistics demography

Skanda earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.13% less than the national average, earning R 170,796 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Škanda946/
Skandaj9273/
Skandha9210/
Skhanda928/
Shkanda921/
Skandai921/
Skandats861/
Skandy83125/
Scanda8363/
Skonda8331/
Skando8330/
Skandi8328/
Skande8313/
Sqanda831/
Shkonda771,223/
Shkandi77204/
Squanda7723/
Skandis7722/
Shkande778/
Skandiy773/
Skandys771/
Skhande771/
Skondas771/
Szkander711/
Scandaid710/
Skonde67205/
Sconda67138/
Skondo6776/
Scandy6766/
Scandi6735/
Scando6713/
Skondi674/
Scande673/
Sqandi671/
Skomda671/
Škandi671/
Şkonda671/

Skanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skanda in the Hindi language
स्कन्दाskanda85.71
सकन्दाsakanda14.29
Skanda in the Marathi language
कंदााकरkandaakara50
कंदाkanda50
Skanda in the Russian language
Скандаskanda-
Skanda in the Arabic language
سكانداskanda-

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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 Skanda
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