Karka Surname
Approximately 5,150 people bear this surname
Karka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,205 | 1:3,287 | 494 |
| India | 1,431 | 1:536,035 | 26,571 |
| Turkey | 795 | 1:97,889 | 8,603 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Benin | 98 | 1:105,465 | 11,876 |
| Greece | 88 | 1:125,907 | 21,051 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Nepal | 28 | 1:1,017,177 | 6,083 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Karkà (1) are calculated separately.
Karka (796) may also be a first name.
Karka Demographics
Average Karka Salary in
United States
$81,865 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karka (Bengali: কর্ক, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻛﺎ, Hindi: कार्का, Marathi: कक, Oriya: କକ, Russian: Карка) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Karkà. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karka is the 92,760th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,415,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Karka are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karka is also the 290,153rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 796 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is borne by 2,205 people, or 1 in 3,287. Excluding Togo it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent are found and Turkey, where 15 percent are found.
Karka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Karka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Karka last name grew 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Karka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Karka surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.
The amount Karka earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 89.73% more than the national average, earning $81,865 USD per year and in Canada they earn 97.64% more than the national average, earning $98,194 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karka in the Hindi language | ||
| कार्का | karka | - |
| Karka in the Oriya language | ||
| କକ | kaka | - |
| Karka in the Bengali language | ||
| কর্ক | karka | 85.71 |
| কর্করুং | karkarum | 14.29 |
| Karka in the Marathi language | ||
| कक | kaka | 85.71 |
| काक | kaka | 14.29 |
| Karka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻛﺎ | karka | 66.67 |
| ﻛﺮﻙ | krk | 33.33 |
| Karka in the Russian language | ||
| Карка | karka | - |
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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 Karka
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