Chanuka Surname
Approximately 1,558 people bear this surname
Chanuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| Tanzania | 426 | 1:124,276 | 11,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chanuka (8,855) may also be a first name.
Chanuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanuka (Bengali: চানুকা, Hindi: चंूका, Oriya: ଚନୁକା) is found most in Sri Lanka. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanuka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 253,664th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,677,501 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Chanuka live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chanuka is also the 66,428th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 8,855 people.
This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Beside Sri Lanka this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanuka in the Bengali language | ||
| চানুকা | canuka | - |
| Chanuka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚନୁକା | canuka | - |
| Chanuka in the Hindi language | ||
| चंूका | camuka | 76 |
| चूंका | cunka | 12 |
| चँूका | camuka | 6 |
| चुंका | cunka | 4 |
| चनुका | canuka | 2 |
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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 Chanuka
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