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 held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Daka? popularity and diffusion
Daka is the 3,359th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 43,756 people. Daka is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Daka live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 34,225th most common first name world-wide, borne by 22,801 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 137,789 people, or 1 in 115. In Zambia Daka 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. Besides Zambia Daka occurs in 96 countries. It is also found 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 chiefly Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Daka last name are 4.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.63% being registered to vote for the 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Daka
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