Daka Surname
Approximately 166,550 people bear this surname
Daka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 137,789 | 1:115 | 10 |
| India | 5,098 | 1:150,464 | 9,488 |
| Malawi | 4,392 | 1:3,898 | 528 |
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,674 | 1:5,773 | 602 |
| South Africa | 1,972 | 1:27,473 | 3,513 |
| Albania | 1,620 | 1:1,799 | 295 |
| Nigeria | 1,517 | 1:116,772 | 7,742 |
| DR Congo | 1,252 | 1:59,009 | 7,046 |
| Indonesia | 869 | 1:152,185 | 14,933 |
| Uganda | 767 | 1:50,899 | 6,151 |
| Papua New Guinea | 643 | 1:12,681 | 1,181 |
| Kosovo | 552 | 1:3,373 | 555 |
| Benin | 512 | 1:20,187 | 2,700 |
| Niger | 372 | 1:51,591 | 2,566 |
| United States | 273 | 1:1,327,688 | 92,627 |
| Hungary | 272 | 1:36,089 | 3,932 |
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| France | 192 | 1:345,952 | 52,007 |
| Thailand | 165 | 1:428,111 | 74,983 |
| England | 146 | 1:381,631 | 26,761 |
| Greece | 130 | 1:85,229 | 14,400 |
| Turkey | 104 | 1:748,283 | 37,471 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Malaysia | 85 | 1:346,991 | 18,513 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Palestine | 61 | 1:74,571 | 6,147 |
| Croatia | 46 | 1:91,926 | 15,142 |
| Slovenia | 31 | 1:80,248 | 10,499 |
| Solomon Islands | 30 | 1:19,334 | 3,744 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Daka (22,801) may also be a first name.
Daka Demographics
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Daka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Daka (Georgian: დაკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻛﺔ, Hindi: दक्ा, Marathi: डाका, Oriya: ଡାକ, Russian: Дака, Tibetan: ད་ཀ་) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Daka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Daka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Daka is the 3,359th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,756 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Daka reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 34,225th most common first name internationally, borne by 22,801 people.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 137,789 people, or 1 in 115. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Province, where 55 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 96 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 3 percent are found.
Daka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Daka last name is principally Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Daka last name are 4.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.63% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Daka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.91% less than the national average, earning R 161,796 per year; in United States they earn 10.98% more than the national average, earning $47,885 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.21% more than the national average, earning $68,170 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daka in the Georgian language | ||
| დაკა | daka | - |
| Daka in the Marathi language | ||
| डाका | daka | 78.85 |
| डका | daka | 13.46 |
| दाका | daka | 3.85 |
| डाक | daka | 1.92 |
| Daka in the Hindi language | ||
| दक्ा | daka | 70.16 |
| दाका | daka | 14.52 |
| डका | daka | 8.33 |
| डाका | daka | 4.03 |
| दका | daka | 0.81 |
| ढाका | dhaka | 0.54 |
| दाक्ा | daka | 0.27 |
| द़क | daka | 0.27 |
| Daka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡାକ | daka | 65.36 |
| ଡକା | daka | 11.3 |
| ଡ଼ାକ | raka | 6.63 |
| ଡାକା | daka | 4.91 |
| ଡାକାଇଁ | daka'im | 4.42 |
| ଡକ | daka | 4.18 |
| ଡ଼କା | raka | 0.49 |
| ଦକା | daka | 0.49 |
| ଡାକ୍ଆ | daka | 0.25 |
| ଦାକା | daka | 0.25 |
| ଡାକୁ୍ଆ | dakua | 0.25 |
| ଡାର | dara | 0.25 |
| Daka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻛﺔ | dakt | 33.33 |
| ﺩﺍﻛﺎ | daka | 33.33 |
| ﺩﺍﻙ | dak | 33.33 |
| Daka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ད་ཀ་ | daka | 16.67 |
| དྷ་ཀ། | dhaka | 16.67 |
| གྲ་ཀ་ | draka | 16.67 |
| དྲག་ཀ། | drakka | 16.67 |
| དྲ་ཀ་ | draka | 16.67 |
| དགྲ་ཀ་ | draka | 16.67 |
| Daka in the Russian language | ||
| Дака | daka | - |
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- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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