Sunkad Surname

51,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sunkad Surname User-submission:

The Sunkad surname originates of the Kannada language of India. Almost all bearers reside in north Karnataka. When the British government ruled in India and sought taxed Indians the collectors of the tax were known as Sunkkadavru (sunkka means 'tax' in the Kannada language).

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Sunkad 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
India9,8911:77,5525,258
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Sunkad Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sunkad surname originates of the Kannada language of India. Almost all bearers reside in north Karnataka. When the British government ruled in India and sought taxed Indians the collectors of the tax were known as Sunkkadavru (sunkka means 'tax' in the Kannada language). After some time the pronunciation of Sunkkadavru became Sunkad.

This surname is held be all religions.

- manjunathsunkad
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Sunkad Demographics

Average Sunkad Salary in
United States

$62,700 USD

Per year
Rank:
166,741 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.6759E-6
Rank: 746,490 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
145.31%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Sunkad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sunkad (Marathi: सुंकद) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunkad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 51,697th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 735,521 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunkad reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 9,891 people, or 1 in 77,552. In India Sunkad is primarily concentrated in: Karnataka, where 99 percent reside, Goa, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside. Excluding India Sunkad is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.

Sunkad Last Name Statistics demography

Sunkad earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 45.31% more than the national average, earning $62,700 USD per year.

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
Sunkhad9218/
Sungkad9210/
Sunkadh921/
Sunkkad921/
Sutinkad8629/
Sunkod8343/
Sunkat8322/
Sumkad834/
Suncad833/
Sonkad832/
Junkad831/
Sungcad77410/
Sungkat776/
Sunkate775/
Junkead775/
Saunkat771/
Sutinkat7179/
Sungkate7140/
Songkead715/
Shaunkat715/
Sungkait711/
Siungkat711/
Sumcad67474/
Jumkad673/
Junkod672/
Sumkat671/
Junkat671/
Sonkat671/
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Sunkad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunkad in the Marathi language
सुंकदsunkada60
सुंकडsunkada40

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