In the entire world, Shanka (Shanka 
) is a common unisex first name. The first name Shanka is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and India, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Very seldom, Shanka is the last name as well as the forename.
Sah, Basak, Bauri, Kumar, Ramma, Dawit, Ghosh, Mandal, Mahato, Mondal, Sarkar, Barman, Perera, Scruggs, Collins, Baldwin, Pradhan, Manawadu, Bhowmick, Ranatunga, Kshetrapal, Washington, Silva, Dissanayake, Singh, Munda, Bai, Ben, Pal, Ram, Ray, Rai, Rao, Roy, Das, Lal, Lay, Mani, Maji, Paul, Ross, Devi, Giri, Naik, Hodo, Hill, Malik, Mcgee, and Wijesundara