Thankar Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Thankar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thankar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4131:1,857,30165,292
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Thankar (38) may also be a first name.

Thankar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thankar (Marathi: ठाणकर) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thankar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thankar is the 698,433rd most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thankar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 38 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 1,857,301. In India Thankar is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 97 percent live, Gujarat, where 2 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Thankar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thankar in the Marathi language
ठाणकरthanakara76.61
थानकरthanakara7.12
ठानकरthanakara6.44
शंकरsankara1.36
ठाणेकरthanekara1.02
ठणकरthanakara1.02
डानकरdanakara1.02
थंकरthankara0.85
थणकरthanakara0.68
थनकरthanakara0.34
ठामकरthamakara0.34
ठापकरthapakara0.34
भानकरbhanakara0.34
थंकारthankara0.34
ठन्करthankara0.34
थाणकरthanakara0.34

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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 Thankar
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