Chanaka Surname
Approximately 9,361 people bear this surname
Chanaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 8,478 | 1:2,454 | 327 |
| Zimbabwe | 567 | 1:27,228 | 4,185 |
| Thailand | 112 | 1:630,700 | 106,838 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chanaka (58,094) may also be a first name.
Chanaka Demographics
Average Chanaka Salary in
United States
$53,739 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chanaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanaka (Bengali: চনকা, Hindi: चनका, Marathi: चनका, Oriya: ଚନକା, Russian: Чанака, Tibetan: ཅ་ན་ཀ་) is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chanaka is the 54,357th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 778,501 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Chanaka live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 16,287th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 58,094 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 8,478 people, or 1 in 2,454. Barring Sri Lanka it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Chanaka Last Name Statistics demography
Chanaka earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.54% more than the national average, earning $53,739 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanaka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅ་ན་ཀ་ | chanaka | - |
| Chanaka in the Bengali language | ||
| চনকা | canaka | - |
| Chanaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚନକା | canaka | - |
| Chanaka in the Marathi language | ||
| चनका | canaka | 88.89 |
| चाणका | canaka | 5.56 |
| चनाका | canaka | 2.78 |
| भोनकर | bhonakara | 2.78 |
| Chanaka in the Hindi language | ||
| चनका | canaka | 53.85 |
| चनाका | canaka | 46.15 |
| Chanaka in the Russian language | ||
| Чанака | canaka | - |
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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
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- 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 Chanaka
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