Beka Surname
Approximately 23,229 people bear this surname
Beka Surname Definition:
Beka is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a lonesome person.
Beka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,821 | 1:112,456 | 7,323 |
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Kosovo | 1,960 | 1:950 | 137 |
| Malawi | 1,464 | 1:11,693 | 1,806 |
| Gabon | 1,061 | 1:1,781 | 294 |
| DR Congo | 1,026 | 1:72,007 | 8,423 |
| Cameroon | 850 | 1:24,434 | 3,311 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Greece | 722 | 1:15,346 | 2,126 |
| Albania | 676 | 1:4,311 | 792 |
| Indonesia | 563 | 1:234,901 | 21,689 |
| Iran | 464 | 1:165,480 | 14,149 |
| Tanzania | 402 | 1:131,696 | 12,316 |
| Nigeria | 298 | 1:594,439 | 28,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 288 | 1:53,605 | 8,125 |
| South Africa | 246 | 1:220,235 | 23,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 229 | 1:35,606 | 4,235 |
| Belgium | 181 | 1:63,517 | 10,203 |
| Algeria | 174 | 1:222,020 | 25,275 |
| Ivory Coast | 153 | 1:150,792 | 7,039 |
| Ukraine | 110 | 1:413,843 | 49,665 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Kazakhstan | 101 | 1:175,074 | 16,884 |
| Solomon Islands | 96 | 1:6,042 | 873 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Congo | 74 | 1:67,420 | 5,853 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| Slovakia | 41 | 1:130,157 | 23,900 |
| Latvia | 41 | 1:50,001 | 7,602 |
| Serbia | 40 | 1:178,624 | 11,446 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Kenya | 28 | 1:1,649,282 | 35,844 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 1:45,427 | 166 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Finland | 22 | 1:249,850 | 19,707 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Béka (3) are calculated separately.
Beka (45,541) may also be a first name.
Beka Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Beka is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a lonesome person.
Beka Demographics
Average Beka Salary in
United States
$36,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Beka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beka (Georgian: ბეკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻪ, Hindi: बेका, Marathi: बेका, Oriya: େବକ, Russian: Бека, Tibetan: བི་ཀ་) occurs most in India. It may also occur as a variant: Béka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Beka is the 23,335th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 313,726 people. The surname Beka is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Beka are found; 32 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 20,007th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 45,541 people.
Beka is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 6,821 people, or 1 in 112,456. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 93 percent reside, Gujarat, where 6 percent reside and Odisha, where 1 percent reside. Other than India this surname occurs in 95 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 14 percent reside and Kosovo, where 8 percent reside.
Beka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Beka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Beka surname increased 8,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Beka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Beka surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Beka earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.69% less than the national average, earning 271,028 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 53.88% less than the national average, earning R 109,596 per year; in United States they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $36,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.82% less than the national average, earning $36,856 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beka in the Georgian language | ||
| ბეკა | beka | - |
| Beka in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་ཀ་ | bika | - |
| Beka in the Hindi language | ||
| बेका | beka | 92.86 |
| ब्ेका | beka | 7.14 |
| Beka in the Marathi language | ||
| बेका | beka | 68.18 |
| बॅका | beka | 27.27 |
| बेका-या | beka-ya | 4.55 |
| Beka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 63.33 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 23.33 |
| ﺑﻜﺎ | bka | 6.67 |
| ﺍﺑﻚ | abk | 3.33 |
| ﺃﺑﻚ | abk | 3.33 |
| Beka in the Oriya language | ||
| େବକ | ebaka | 62.5 |
| େବକା | ebaka | 25 |
| କନା | kana | 6.25 |
| େବକି | ebaki | 6.25 |
| Beka in the Russian language | ||
| Бека | beka | - |
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