Berka Surname
Approximately 9,765 people bear this surname
Berka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Czechia | 2,091 | 1:5,085 | 573 |
| Morocco | 1,397 | 1:24,679 | 3,885 |
| United States | 777 | 1:466,485 | 39,729 |
| Mauritania | 650 | 1:6,300 | 725 |
| Poland | 479 | 1:79,350 | 12,357 |
| Germany | 322 | 1:250,017 | 27,129 |
| Austria | 285 | 1:29,879 | 4,806 |
| Cameroon | 253 | 1:82,091 | 10,026 |
| Hungary | 214 | 1:45,870 | 4,878 |
| Turkey | 180 | 1:432,341 | 25,705 |
| Brazil | 118 | 1:1,814,189 | 58,634 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| Algeria | 65 | 1:594,332 | 39,000 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Slovakia | 40 | 1:133,411 | 24,423 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Italy | 39 | 1:1,568,120 | 82,279 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Berká (4) are calculated separately.
Berka (4,168) may also be a first name.
Berka Demographics
Average Berka Salary in
United States
$44,926 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Berka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Berka (Arabic: بيرقي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻪ, Hindi: बरका, Russian: Берка) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Berká. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Berka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,400th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 746,292 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Berka are found; 29 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 27 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 107,551st most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 4,168 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Other than Ethiopia Berka occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 21 percent reside and Morocco, where 14 percent reside.
Berka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Berka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Berka last name expanded 2,878 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Berka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Berka surname are 11.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58% being registered with the political party.
The amount Berka earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 32.58% less than the national average, earning 233,332 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning $44,926 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.52% less than the national average, earning $48,928 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berka in the Hindi language | ||
| बरका | baraka | - |
| Berka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻛﻪ | brkh | 64 |
| ﺑﺮﻙ | brk | 29.78 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺮﻛﻪ | albrkh | 3.11 |
| ﺑﺮﻛﺔ | brkt | 2.67 |
| Berka in the Russian language | ||
| Берка | berka | - |
| Berka in the Arabic language | ||
| بيرقي | byrqy | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Berka
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