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 34495th 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