Barka Surname
Approximately 77,924 people bear this surname
Barka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 28,018 | 1:485 | 50 |
| Algeria | 11,745 | 1:3,289 | 457 |
| Libya | 10,218 | 1:611 | 123 |
| Mauritania | 5,810 | 1:705 | 92 |
| Morocco | 5,453 | 1:6,322 | 767 |
| Cameroon | 4,418 | 1:4,701 | 568 |
| Niger | 3,435 | 1:5,587 | 495 |
| Nigeria | 2,366 | 1:74,870 | 5,362 |
| Benin | 1,179 | 1:8,766 | 1,211 |
| Greece | 824 | 1:13,446 | 1,812 |
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Turkey | 683 | 1:113,941 | 9,616 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| France | 506 | 1:131,270 | 20,058 |
| India | 373 | 1:2,056,476 | 69,972 |
| Hungary | 279 | 1:35,184 | 3,837 |
| Norway | 244 | 1:21,075 | 2,717 |
| United States | 217 | 1:1,670,318 | 111,195 |
| Slovakia | 153 | 1:34,879 | 6,337 |
| Albania | 104 | 1:28,020 | 4,457 |
| Spain | 88 | 1:531,273 | 26,094 |
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Tunisia | 62 | 1:9,849 | 1,643 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Bárka (29) are calculated separately.
Barka (28,820) may also be a first name.
Barka Demographics
Average Barka Salary in
United States
$38,766 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Barka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barka (Arabic: بركا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻪ, Hindi: बरका, Marathi: बारका, Oriya: ବକର୍ା, Russian: Барка) occurs more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bárka. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Barka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,280th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 93,521 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Barka are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Barka is also the 28,772nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 28,820 people.
This last name is most widely held in Chad, where it is carried by 28,018 people, or 1 in 485. Besides Chad this surname exists in 72 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 15 percent live and Libya, where 13 percent live.
Barka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Barka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,033 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Barka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Barka are 9.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Barka earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 14.63% more than the national average, earning 396,714 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.16% less than the national average, earning $38,766 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.85% less than the national average, earning $42,307 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barka in the Marathi language | ||
| बारका | baraka | 95.41 |
| बरका | baraka | 3.67 |
| बक | baka | 0.11 |
| बार | bara | 0.11 |
| बाक | baka | 0.11 |
| बारकू | baraku | 0.11 |
| Barka in the Hindi language | ||
| बरका | baraka | 64.06 |
| बर्का | barka | 17.19 |
| बडका | badaka | 6.25 |
| बरखा | barakha | 4.69 |
| बारका | baraka | 4.69 |
| बड़का | baraka | 1.56 |
| Barka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻛﻪ | brkh | 58.01 |
| ﺑﺮﻙ | brk | 22.66 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺮﻛﻪ | albrkh | 11.74 |
| ﺑﺮﻛﺔ | brkt | 3.68 |
| ﺑﺎﺭﻛﻪ | barkh | 0.3 |
| ﺑﺎﺭﻙ | bark | 0.12 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻛﻪ | abrkh | 0.12 |
| ﺑﺮﻛﺎ | brka | 0.12 |
| ﺑﺎﺭﻛﺎ | barka | 0.06 |
| ﺑﺎﺭﻛﺔ | barkt | 0.06 |
| ﻳﺮﻛﻪ | yrkh | 0.06 |
| Barka in the Oriya language | ||
| ବକର୍ା | bakara | 41.67 |
| ବାରି୍କ | barika | 25 |
| ବକ | baka | 16.67 |
| ବକର୍ | bakar | 8.33 |
| ମୁବକର୍ | mubakar | 8.33 |
| Barka in the Russian language | ||
| Барка | barka | - |
| Barka in the Arabic language | ||
| بركا | brka | - |
| باركا | barka | - |
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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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- 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 Barka
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