Janaka Surname
Approximately 8,678 people bear this surname
Janaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 8,259 | 1:2,520 | 339 |
| India | 125 | 1:6,136,523 | 142,720 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Janaka (116,576) may also be a first name.
Janaka Demographics
Average Janaka Salary in
United States
$30,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Janaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Janaka (Bengali: জনকা, Georgian: ჯანაკა, Hindi: जनाका, Marathi: जाणका, Oriya: ଜନକ, Tibetan: ཇ་ན་ཀ་) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Janaka is the 58,293rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 839,773 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Janaka reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 8,845th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 116,576 people.
It is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 8,259 people, or 1 in 2,520. Besides Sri Lanka Janaka is found in 28 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Janaka Last Name Statistics demography
Janaka earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Janaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Janaka in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯანაკა | janaka | - |
| Janaka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇ་ན་ཀ་ | janaka | - |
| Janaka in the Hindi language | ||
| जनाका | janaka | 96 |
| जनका | janaka | 3.56 |
| जानाका | janaka | 0.3 |
| जनक | janaka | 0.08 |
| जानका | janaka | 0.03 |
| जणका | janaka | 0.03 |
| Janaka in the Bengali language | ||
| জনকা | janaka | 58.33 |
| জানকা | janaka | 25 |
| জনক | janaka | 8.33 |
| জৈনকা | jainaka | 8.33 |
| Janaka in the Marathi language | ||
| जाणका | janaka | 48.44 |
| जानका | janaka | 26.56 |
| जनाका | janaka | 14.06 |
| जानाका | janaka | 3.13 |
| जनका | janaka | 3.13 |
| जनक | janaka | 3.13 |
| Janaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜନକ | janaka | 40.6 |
| ଜନକା | janaka | 39.7 |
| ଜାନକା | janaka | 9.85 |
| ଯନକା | yanaka | 4.78 |
| ଯନକ | yanaka | 1.49 |
| ଜାନାକା | janaka | 0.9 |
| ଯାନକା | yanaka | 0.3 |
| ଜନଜ | janaja | 0.3 |
| ଯାନକ | yanaka | 0.3 |
| ଜାନକ | janaka | 0.3 |
| ଜନମତୀ | janamati | 0.3 |
| ଜାନୁକା | januka | 0.3 |
| ଜନତା | janata | 0.3 |
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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 Janaka
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