Yashankar Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yashankar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
Yashankar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yashankar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yashankar (Hindi: यशंकर, Marathi: यशंकर) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yashankar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Yashankar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 88 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 13 percent reside. Besides India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 43 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasankar | 94 | 8 | / |
| Yasankaar | 89 | 1 | / |
| Jaishankar | 84 | 343 | / |
| Jayshankar | 84 | 229 | / |
| Joyshankar | 84 | 11 | / |
| Joyshangkar | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jhashangkar | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jaishangkar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jaisankar | 78 | 112 | / |
| Jaysankar | 78 | 22 | / |
| Jeysankar | 78 | 6 | / |
| Jaysangkar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Joishangkar | 70 | 1 | / |
| Jaisonkar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahsangkhor | 60 | 19 | / |
Yashankar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yashankar in the Marathi language | ||
| यशंकर | yasankara | - |
| Yashankar in the Hindi language | ||
| यशंकर | yasankara | 60 |
| याशंकर | yasankara | 40 |
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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 Yashankar
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