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
Average Daka Salary in
United States
$47,885 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Daka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Daka (Georgian: დაკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻛﺔ, Hindi: दक्ा, Marathi: डाका, Oriya: ଡାକ, Russian: Дака, Tibetan: ད་ཀ་) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Daka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,359th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,756 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Daka live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Daka is also the 34,225th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 22,801 people.
The last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 137,789 people, or 1 in 115. In Zambia it is most frequent 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 it occurs in 96 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 3 percent are found.
Daka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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% being registered with 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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Footnotes
- 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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