Itaka Surname
Approximately 7,419 people bear this surname
Itaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,731 | 1:34,265 | 3,210 |
| India | 1,713 | 1:447,791 | 23,136 |
| DR Congo | 1,546 | 1:47,788 | 5,789 |
| Congo | 152 | 1:32,823 | 3,263 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| Uganda | 78 | 1:500,504 | 28,682 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Itaka (5,727) may also be a first name.
Itaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Itaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Itaka (Hindi: ितक, Marathi: इटका, Oriya: ଇତାକା, Russian: Итака) is most common in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Itaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 67,103rd most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 982,281 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Itaka are found; 50 percent are found in East Asia and 50 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Itaka is also the 88,276th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 5,727 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 3,731 people, or 1 in 34,265. In Japan it is most frequent in: Chiba Prefecture, where 53 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 15 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Itaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Itaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇତାକା | itaka | - |
| Itaka in the Hindi language | ||
| ितक | itaka | 85.71 |
| िटका | itaka | 14.29 |
| Itaka in the Marathi language | ||
| इटका | itaka | 50 |
| ितमण्णा | itamanna | 50 |
| Itaka in the Russian language | ||
| Итака | itaka | - |
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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 Itaka
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