Korka Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Korka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 158 | 1:70,125 | 11,778 |
| Russia | 116 | 1:1,242,440 | 90,032 |
| Estonia | 107 | 1:12,353 | 1,844 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
The alternate forms: Kôrka (6) are calculated separately.
Korka (10,355) may also be a first name.
Korka Demographics
Korka Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Korka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korka (Bengali: কর্কা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻛﺎ, Russian: Корка) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kôrka. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 434,913th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Korka are found; 24 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 20 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 59,847th most common first name in the world, borne by 10,355 people.
The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 70,125. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 52 percent are found, Peloponnese, where 23 percent are found and Thessaly, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Greece Korka occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent are found and Estonia, where 14 percent are found.
Korka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Korka surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Korka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.04% more than the national average, earning $47,913 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korka in the Bengali language | ||
| কর্কা | karka | - |
| Korka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻛﺎ | kwrka | 84.51 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻙ | kwrk | 8.45 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻪ | kwrkh | 2.82 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻮ | kwrkw | 1.41 |
| ﻛﺎﺭﻛﺎ | karka | 1.41 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻛﺔ | kwrkt | 1.41 |
| Korka in the Russian language | ||
| Корка | korka | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Korka
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