Aranka Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Aranka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aranka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3231:548,43026,767
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
France151:4,428,181244,602
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Aranka (17,613) may also be a first name.

Aranka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aranka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Aranka (Marathi: आरंका) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aranka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Aranka is the 748,537th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Aranka reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 41,464th most widespread first name in the world, held by 17,613 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria Aranka is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 61 percent are found, Yobe, where 12 percent are found and Jigawa, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Aranka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (79%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Aranka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aranka in the Marathi language
आरंकाaranka-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aranka
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