Arka Surname
Approximately 7,286 people bear this surname
Arka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,879 | 1:266,435 | 15,267 |
| Indonesia | 2,281 | 1:57,979 | 6,391 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Turkey | 658 | 1:118,270 | 9,897 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Lebanon | 30 | 1:187,903 | 8,189 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Arká (1) are calculated separately.
Arka (10,716) may also be a first name.
Arka Demographics
Arka Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Arka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arka (Hindi: आरका, Oriya: ଅକର୍, Russian: Арка) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Arká. For other possible spellings of Arka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,202nd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,000,212 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Arka live; 52 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 58,521st most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 10,716 people.
It is most common in India, where it is borne by 2,879 people, or 1 in 266,435. In India Arka is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 82 percent live, Maharashtra, where 8 percent live and Odisha, where 7 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and Bangladesh, where 12 percent live.
Arka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Arka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arka surname contracted 11 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Arka surname is primarily Sunni (90%) in Lebanon.
The amount Arka earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 25.95% less than the national average, earning 256,274 kr per year and in United States they earn 53.79% less than the national average, earning $19,938 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକର୍ | akar | 88.82 |
| ଆକର୍ା | akara | 3.11 |
| ଅକର୍ା | akara | 2.48 |
| ଆର୍କା | arka | 1.24 |
| ଆକର୍ | akar | 0.62 |
| ଉମାକା | umaka | 0.62 |
| Arka in the Hindi language | ||
| आरका | araka | 50 |
| अरका | araka | 32.14 |
| अर्का | arka | 7.14 |
| अर्क | arka | 7.14 |
| आर्का | arka | 1.79 |
| Arka in the Russian language | ||
| Арка | arka | - |
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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 Arka
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