Berkia Surname
Approximately 1,532 people bear this surname
Berkia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,329 | 1:25,941 | 4,108 |
| Algeria | 141 | 1:273,983 | 28,115 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bérkia (1) are calculated separately.
Berkia (119) may also be a first name.
Berkia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berkia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Berkia is found most frequently in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bérkia. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 257,166th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,756,884 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Berkia reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb. Berkia is also the 856,040th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 119 people.
The surname Berkia is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,329 people, or 1 in 25,941. Barring Morocco this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 9 percent are found and Sudan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bérkia | 94 | 1 | / |
| Berrkia | 92 | 140 | / |
| Berkija | 92 | 2 | / |
| Berkkia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Berkhia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Barkia | 83 | 608 | / |
| Berqia | 83 | 166 | / |
| Berkio | 83 | 14 | / |
| Borkia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Berkya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Birkia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Barkiah | 77 | 123 | / |
| Berchia | 77 | 8 | / |
| Berquia | 77 | 6 | / |
| Barkhia | 77 | 6 | / |
| Borkhia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Barkaiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Birkhiad | 71 | 0 | / |
| Byrkja | 67 | 36 | / |
| Barkya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Borkya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Berkeo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Barkja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Barqia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bharkaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Berkia
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