Swarnkar Surname

79,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Swarnkar Surname User-submission:

It is a Hindu caste in India and Nepal, referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths. Though the community is primarily Hindu, some members in the states of Haryana and Punjab are Sikh.

Swarnkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,9571:128,7678,271
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Swarnkar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a Hindu caste in India and Nepal, referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths. Though the community is primarily Hindu, some members in the states of Haryana and Punjab are Sikh.

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Swarnkar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Swarnkar (Hindi: स्वर्णकार, Marathi: सुवणर्कर, Oriya: ସର୍କାର) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swarnkar? popularity and diffusion

Swarnkar is the 79,409th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,186,124 people. The surname Swarnkar occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Swarnkar live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 5,957 people, or 1 in 128,767. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 36 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 33 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent are found. Outside of India this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Swarnkar Last Name Statistics demography

Swarnkar earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.46% more than the national average, earning $76,141 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shwarnkar9417/
Swarnkaar948/
Swarnnkar941/
Swarnqkar941/
Svarnkar881,383/
Swornkar882/
Swernkar881/
Suarnkar881/
Sbarnkar881/
Svarnkaur821/

Swarnkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swarnkar in the Oriya language
ସର୍କାରsarkara-
Swarnkar in the Hindi language
स्वर्णकारsvarnakara99.38
स्वार्णकारsvarnakara0.62
Swarnkar in the Marathi language
सुवणर्करsuvanarkara50
वर्णकारvarnakara50

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