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SHANKU Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,751st

Most common surname in India

653

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadich, kashyap, mahadeva and shankusila. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are ambabai, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

Therefore, individuals with this surname likely speak languages common in India. The religion associated with SHANKU surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are sanskrit and hindi.
These include Hindi, one of Indias official languages, and English, which is widely used in business, education, and government. Considering Indias diverse languages, other regional languages such as Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Punjabi could also be spoken by people with this surname, depending on their familys region of origin within India.

The surname "Shank" has several variations, including "Shanke," "Schenk," "Schenke," "Schank," "Schanke," "Shonke," "Shonk," "Schenck," "Schinck," "Shankle," "Shanks," "Shanker," and "Shanklin." Phonetic variations of this surname might also exist, such as differences in vowel sounds (for example, "SHANG-koo") or emphasis on different syllables.

State-wise distribution of people with SHANKU surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for SHANKU surname

Andhra Pradesh

140

Tamil Nadu state distribution for SHANKU surname

Tamil Nadu

122

Maharashtra state distribution for SHANKU surname

Maharashtra

106

Karnataka state distribution for SHANKU surname

Karnataka

15

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for SHANKU surname

Madhya Pradesh

11

Gujarat state distribution for SHANKU surname

Gujarat

4

Odisha state distribution for SHANKU surname

Odisha

3

Bihar state distribution for SHANKU surname

Bihar

2

Kerala state distribution for SHANKU surname

Kerala

1

Uttar Pradesh state distribution for SHANKU surname

Uttar Pradesh

1

Category-wise distribution of people with SHANKU surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname SHANKU 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 SHANKU surname

215 (53%)

Food Distribution Records

Voters List category for SHANKU surname

173 (43%)

Voters List

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for SHANKU surname

18 (4%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Frequently Asked Questions

SHANKU families worship AMBABAI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

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

The SHANKU surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

SHANKU families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DADICH, KASHYAP, MAHADEVA, SHANKUSILA.

Andhra Pradesh has the highest concentration of the SHANKU surname with 140 records (34.6%).

The SHANKU surname is written in SANSKRIT, HINDI scripts.

SHANKU is ranked #12751 in India with approximately 653 people bearing this surname.

The SHANKU surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Andhra Pradesh (34.6%), Tamil Nadu (30.1%), Maharashtra (26.2%).

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