Shanker

See also: shanker

English

Etymology

Variant of Shankar.

Proper noun

Shanker (plural Shankers)

A surname, from Hindi.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Shanker is the 34495^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 656 individuals. Shanker is most common among White (56.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (40.7%) individuals.

Further reading

“Shanker”, in Hanks, Patrick, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names‎, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN

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