Dunaka Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Dunaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1851:4,146,299111,116
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dunaka (48) may also be a first name.

Dunaka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dunaka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dunaka (Hindi: दुनाका, Marathi: डुनका, Oriya: ଡୁନାକା) is most common in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunaka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,239,697th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dunaka reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dunaka is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 48 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 4,146,299. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 70 percent are found, Telangana, where 29 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Other than India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dunaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunaka in the Oriya language
ଡୁନାକାdunaka-
Dunaka in the Marathi language
डुनकाdunaka66.67
दुनकाdunaka33.33
Dunaka in the Hindi language
दुनाकाdunaka50
दुनकाdunaka50

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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 Dunaka
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