Ikara Surname
Approximately 2,597 people bear this surname
Ikara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,258 | 1:140,813 | 9,039 |
| Uganda | 647 | 1:60,339 | 6,985 |
| India | 556 | 1:1,379,614 | 53,262 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ikara (747) may also be a first name.
Ikara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikara (Hindi: इकरा, Marathi: इकरा, Oriya: ଇକାରା, Russian: Икара) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 166,619th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,806,140 people. Ikara occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Ikara are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikara is also the 300,818th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 747 people.
The last name Ikara is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,258 people, or 1 in 140,813. In Nigeria Ikara is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 48 percent are found, Cross River, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent are found and India, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikara in the Hindi language | ||
| इकरा | ikara | 76.34 |
| िकर | ikara | 10.75 |
| ईकरा | ikara | 5.38 |
| इकारा | ikara | 5.38 |
| ीकर | ikara | 1.08 |
| इकर | ikara | 1.08 |
| Ikara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇକାରା | ikara | 75 |
| ଇକରା | ikara | 25 |
| Ikara in the Marathi language | ||
| इकरा | ikara | 59.38 |
| ईकरा | ikara | 21.88 |
| इकारा | ikara | 9.38 |
| इकरामुि | ikaramui | 3.13 |
| शािकर | saikara | 3.13 |
| झािकर | jhaikara | 3.13 |
| Ikara in the Russian language | ||
| Икара | ikara | - |
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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 Ikara
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