# Shankar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shankar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,130 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,111 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 144,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | +68% (1,271 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shankar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 89% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 5.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shankar in the United States, the United Kingdom and Suriname.

## People named Shankar

- Anoushka Shankar, British-American musician
- Ramsewak Shankar, 4th President of Suriname
- Gingger Shankar, American singer and composer
- Norah Jones, American musician (born 1979)

## Similar surnames

Shumaker, Sankar, Shoemaker, Singer, Schumacher, Schmucker, Sanger, Schumaker, Swanger, Songer, Schoonmaker, Senger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.