Diaka Surname
Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname
Diaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Nigeria | 250 | 1:708,571 | 32,605 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 85 | 1:271,426 | 10,543 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Diaka (7,549) may also be a first name.
Diaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diaka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﺎﻛﺎ, Oriya: ଡିଆକା) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Diaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 344,343rd most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Diaka live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Diaka is also the 73,893rd most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 7,549 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Aside from Ghana Diaka is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡିଆକା | di'aka | - |
| Diaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﺎﻛﺎ | dyaka | 33.33 |
| ﺟﺎﻛﻪ | jakh | 33.33 |
| ﺟﺎﻛﺎ | jaka | 33.33 |
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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 Diaka
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