Sunkara Surname

11,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sunkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India49,1511:15,6061,266
United States6711:540,17744,793
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Qatar531:44,4914,459
United Arab Emirates491:186,98512,996
England491:1,137,10353,999
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Oman41:921,9937,313
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Sunkara (2,166) may also be a first name.

Sunkara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunkara (Hindi: सुंकरा, Marathi: सुंकरा, Oriya: ଶୁାରା) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunkara? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,183rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,112 people. The surname Sunkara occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sunkara are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sunkara is also the 161,115th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 2,166 people.

Sunkara is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 49,151 people, or 1 in 15,606. In India Sunkara is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 90 percent are found, Telangana, where 8 percent are found and Karnataka, where 0 percent are found. Barring India this last name occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Singapore, where 0 percent are found.

Sunkara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sunkara surname are 7.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sunkara earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.19% less than the national average, earning R 144,516 per year; in United States they earn 33.31% more than the national average, earning $57,523 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.95% less than the national average, earning $43,746 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sunkara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunkara in the Hindi language
सुंकराsunkara70
सुनकराsunakara30
Sunkara in the Oriya language
ଶୁାରାsuara66.67
ସୁାରାsuara16.67
ସୁରsura16.67
Sunkara in the Marathi language
सुंकराsunkara36.73
सुनकराsunakara28.57
सुंकाराsunkara12.24
सुन्काराsunkara12.24
सुनकाराsunakara8.16
सुनकरsunakara2.04

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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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  • 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 Sunkara
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