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SASANK Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,553rd

Most common surname in India

851

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadhich, kashyap, mahaveda and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, kali, venkateshwara and tulja bhavani.

Description:

Sasank, a relatively uncommon Indian surname, is mainly found among Bengali communities. The religion associated with SASANK surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are bengali, hindi and assamese.
Its especially common among Bengali Kayasthas, a group historically known for their work in administration and clerical jobs. The surnames link to the Hindu god Shiva, who is also called Sasank, gives this surname prestige and cultural importance within these communities.

The surname Sasank, mainly found in India, is used by people who speak different languages. Because India has so many languages, families with this surname might speak different ones based on where they live and their background. Common languages include Hindi, an official language of India, and regional languages like Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, or Malayalam. The actual language spoken by a family with this surname depends on where they are from and their cultural background within Indias varied language environment.

Here are some variations of this surname: Sasanka, Shashank, and Sosanka.

State-wise distribution of people with SASANK surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for SASANK surname

Andhra Pradesh

546

Tamil Nadu state distribution for SASANK surname

Tamil Nadu

24

Karnataka state distribution for SASANK surname

Karnataka

6

Bihar state distribution for SASANK surname

Bihar

5

Delhi state distribution for SASANK surname

Delhi

3

Category-wise distribution of people with SASANK surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname SASANK appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.

Food Distribution Records category for SASANK surname

527 (90%)

Food Distribution Records

Voters List category for SASANK surname

47 (8%)

Voters List

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for SASANK surname

10 (2%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Frequently Asked Questions

SASANK families worship BHAVANI and KALI and VENKATESHWARA and TULJA BHAVANI as their Kuldevta (family deities).

SASANK is classified as a OTHERS-based surname because it is historically associated with ORGANS.

The SASANK surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

SASANK families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DADHICH, KASHYAP, MAHAVEDA, RAGHUKULA.

Andhra Pradesh has the highest concentration of the SASANK surname with 546 records (93.5%).

The SASANK surname is written in BENGALI, HINDI, ASSAMESE scripts.

SASANK is ranked #12553 in India with approximately 851 people bearing this surname.

The SASANK surname is found across 5 states, with the top 3 being Andhra Pradesh (93.5%), Tamil Nadu (4.1%), Karnataka (1.0%).

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