Ghaka Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Ghaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ghaka (152) may also be a first name.
Ghaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghaka (Hindi: घका) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Ghaka reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 42 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ghaka is also the 746,252nd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 152 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon Ghaka is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent reside, West Region, where 15 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 24 percent reside and India, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaka in the Hindi language | ||
| घका | ghaka | - |
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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 Ghaka
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