Burka Surname
Approximately 11,736 people bear this surname
Burka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,117 | 1:15,947 | 2,188 |
| Ukraine | 1,489 | 1:30,573 | 4,417 |
| India | 1,158 | 1:662,405 | 31,175 |
| United States | 540 | 1:671,220 | 53,500 |
| Russia | 497 | 1:289,986 | 29,908 |
| Hungary | 487 | 1:20,157 | 2,272 |
| Poland | 231 | 1:164,540 | 23,002 |
| Nigeria | 201 | 1:881,307 | 38,450 |
| Transnistria | 179 | 1:2,652 | 401 |
| Latvia | 160 | 1:12,813 | 1,898 |
| Turkey | 113 | 1:688,685 | 35,465 |
| Canada | 93 | 1:396,189 | 35,081 |
| Serbia | 60 | 1:119,082 | 8,988 |
| Moldova | 50 | 1:71,227 | 9,458 |
| Czechia | 47 | 1:226,244 | 31,645 |
| Romania | 39 | 1:514,817 | 39,172 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Seychelles | 23 | 1:4,017 | 661 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Bůrka (4) are calculated separately.
Burka (28,646) may also be a first name.
Burka Demographics
Average Burka Salary in
United States
$50,434 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Burka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Burka (Hindi: बुरका, Oriya: ବୁକର୍ା, Russian: Бурка) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be found in the variant forms: Bůrka. Click here to see other potential spellings of Burka.
How Common Is The Last Name Burka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Burka is the 44,253rd most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 620,957 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Burka are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Burka is also the 28,914th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 28,646 people.
The last name Burka is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 6,117 people, or 1 in 15,947. Apart from Ethiopia this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 13 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Burka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Burka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,571 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Burka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (65%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Burka surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Burka earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning 333,514 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.88% more than the national average, earning $50,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning $46,858 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Burka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burka in the Hindi language | ||
| बुरका | buraka | - |
| Burka in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁକର୍ା | bukara | 66.67 |
| ବୁକ | buka | 33.33 |
| Burka in the Russian language | ||
| Бурка | burka | - |
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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 Burka
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