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Last name Shanker (Shanker , 申克 , Шанкар ) , across the world, is a common surname. The family name Shanker is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname, Bahrain, and Oman. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Likewise, Shanker is the forename as well as the last name.