Shanker

See also: shanker

English

Etymology

Variant of Shankar.

Proper noun

Shanker (plural Shankers)

1. 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shanker”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• hankers, harkens