Ferka Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Ferka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Algeria | 96 | 1:402,412 | 34,280 |
| Hungary | 43 | 1:228,286 | 18,658 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Ferka (593) may also be a first name.
Ferka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferka (Russian: Ферка) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ferka is the 645,032nd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Ferka are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ferka is also the 343,462nd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 593 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 20 percent live and Hungary, where 9 percent live.
Ferka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ferka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ferka surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferka in the Russian language | ||
| Ферка | ferka | - |
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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 Ferka
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