Demaka Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Demaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Demaka (313) may also be a first name.
Demaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Demaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Demaka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺎﻛﻪ, Marathi: देमाका, Oriya: େଡମକା) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Demaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,765,740th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Demaka live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Demaka is also the 496,565th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 313 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 93 percent reside, North Region, where 4 percent reside and East Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Demaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Demaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻣﺎﻛﻪ | dmakh | - |
| Demaka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡମକା | edamaka | 97.56 |
| େଡ଼ମକା | eramaka | 2.44 |
| Demaka in the Marathi language | ||
| देमाका | demaka | 50 |
| डेमका | demaka | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Demaka
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