Chanka Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Chanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 90 | 1:176,110 | 12,058 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 59 | 1:23,118 | 2,593 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
The alternate forms: Chańka (1) are calculated separately.
Chanka (7,458) may also be a first name.
Chanka Demographics
Average Chanka Salary in
United States
$37,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chanka (Hindi: चनका, Marathi: चंका, Oriya: ଭତରା, Russian: Чанка, Tibetan: ཅང་ཀ་) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Chańka. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 697,244th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Chanka are found; 31 percent are found in Southern Africa and 31 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chanka is also the 74,447th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 7,458 people.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 176,110. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Luapula Province, where 53 percent are found, Southern Province, where 22 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.
Chanka Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chanka earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 47.27% less than the national average, earning R 125,316 per year and in United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅང་ཀ་ | changka | - |
| Chanka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭତରା | bhatara | - |
| Chanka in the Hindi language | ||
| चनका | canaka | 66.67 |
| चानका | canaka | 14.58 |
| चंका | canka | 6.25 |
| चन्का | canka | 4.17 |
| चिनका | cinaka | 4.17 |
| चंखा | cankha | 2.08 |
| चांका | canka | 2.08 |
| Chanka in the Marathi language | ||
| चंका | canka | 35.29 |
| चानका | canaka | 35.29 |
| चनका | canaka | 11.76 |
| चन्का | canka | 5.88 |
| चणका | canaka | 5.88 |
| हाण | hana | 5.88 |
| Chanka in the Russian language | ||
| Чанка | canka | - |
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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 Chanka
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