Iskaka Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Iskaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 173 | 1:306,021 | 23,488 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Iskaka (21) may also be a first name.
Iskaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iskaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iskaka is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iskaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iskaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,144,405th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. Iskaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iskaka are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 21 people.
Iskaka is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 306,021. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 66 percent live, Njombe Region, where 31 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Iskaka
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