Birka Surname
Approximately 723 people bear this surname
Birka Surname User-submission:
There is a family of Czech minority Birka living in Croatia. About 10 in the town of Daruvar bear the surname. The meaning of word Birka, as my mother says, is a name of a tree: birch.
Birka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Germany | 76 | 1:1,059,282 | 71,604 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Israel | 48 | 1:178,284 | 17,874 |
| Slovakia | 46 | 1:116,010 | 21,737 |
| Latvia | 44 | 1:46,592 | 7,086 |
| Albania | 40 | 1:72,851 | 8,167 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Moldova | 21 | 1:169,589 | 17,028 |
| Poland | 19 | 1:2,000,460 | 98,816 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1:964,912 | 14,691 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Bírka (5) are calculated separately.
Birka (760) may also be a first name.
Birka Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
There is a family of Czech minority Birka living in Croatia. About 10 in the town of Daruvar bear the surname. The meaning of word Birka, as my mother says, is a name of a tree: birch.
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Birka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birka (Hindi: बिर्क, Russian: Бирка, Tibetan: བིར་ཀ་) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bírka. Click here for further possible spellings of Birka.
How Common Is The Last Name Birka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 465,687th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,079,593 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Birka live; 25 percent live in Eastern Europe and 16 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Birka is also the 297,915th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 760 people.
The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 4,366,975. In The United States Birka is most common in: Washington, where 18 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Michigan, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 36 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Birka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Birka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birka last name rose 830 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Birka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Birka surname is chiefly Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Birka are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.25% being registered with the party.
The amount Birka earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.89% less than the national average, earning $37,154 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $50,870 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Birka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Birka in the Tibetan language | ||
| བིར་ཀ་ | birka | - |
| Birka in the Hindi language | ||
| बिर्क | birka | 50 |
| बिरका | biraka | 50 |
| Birka in the Russian language | ||
| Бирка | birka | - |
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