The surname Sankar
A surname, carried by 1,405 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S526
Origin
From Sanskrit शंकर (śaṃkara) meaning one who gives happiness.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,405 people named Sankar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 873.
Who is named Sankar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Sankar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 61%
- Black (not Hispanic) 20%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
- Two or more races 7.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Sankar has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.
Questions
- Where does the surname Sankar come from?
- From Sanskrit शंकर (śaṃkara) meaning one who gives happiness.
- How common is the surname Sankar?
- 1,405 people in the United States had the surname Sankar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. It ranked 19,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sankar?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Sankar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sankar getting more or less common?
- More common. 873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,405 in 2010, up 61%.