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Is Shankar a Male or Female Name?

Shankar is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shankar globally is 98.8% males and 1.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nepal with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Saudi Arabia with 4.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shankar in percentages: Globally: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, India: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Saudi Arabia: 95.9% males, 4.1% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Qatar: 96.1% males, 3.9% females, Oman: 96.2% males, 3.8% females, Malaysia: 96.8% males, 3.2% females, Kuwait: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, Nepal: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shankar are 35-44 years old, making up 29.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shankar in each age group: 25-34: 18.9%, 35-44: 29.0%, 45-54: 22.2%, 55-64: 15.9%, 65+: 13.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shankar is Nepal with 0.19% of the population. Following is India and Qatar.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shankar measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shankar year over year: 1956: 0.0004‰, 1957: 0.0003‰, 1958: 0.0008‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.0007‰, 1961: 0.0002‰, 1962: 0.0003‰, 1963: 0.0003‰, 1964: 0.0003‰, 1965: 0.0014‰, 1966: 0.0007‰, 1967: 0.0004‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0004‰, 1970: 0.0009‰, 1971: 0.0007‰, 1972: 0.0006‰, 1973: 0.0007‰, 1974: 0.0007‰, 1975: 0.0009‰, 1976: 0.0005‰, 1977: 0.0006‰, 1978: 0.0009‰, 1979: 0.0008‰, 1980: 0.001‰, 1981: 0.0008‰, 1982: 0.0007‰, 1983: 0.0011‰, 1984: 0.0013‰, 1985: 0.001‰, 1986: 0.0011‰, 1987: 0.0011‰, 1988: 0.001‰, 1989: 0.0007‰, 1990: 0.0007‰, 1991: 0.0006‰, 1992: 0.0006‰, 1993: 0.0008‰, 1994: 0.0006‰, 1995: 0.0007‰, 1996: 0.0004‰, 1997: 0.0004‰, 1998: 0.0012‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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