Iyaka Surname
Approximately 1,466 people bear this surname
Iyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 965 | 1:76,559 | 8,894 |
| Nigeria | 312 | 1:567,765 | 27,529 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyaka (652) may also be a first name.
Iyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyaka (Hindi: ियका) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyaka is the 266,624th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,971,041 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Iyaka reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Iyaka is also the 325,275th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 652 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 965 people, or 1 in 76,559. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyaka in the Hindi language | ||
| ियका | iyaka | - |
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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 Iyaka
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