Madaraka Surname

81,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,963 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Madaraka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madaraka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,6741:9,3311,217
Uganda1171:333,66922,303
Kenya1061:435,65923,420
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Madaraka (2,273) may also be a first name.

Madaraka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Madaraka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Madaraka (Marathi: मदारका) is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Madaraka.

How Common Is The Last Name Madaraka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Madaraka is the 81,458th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,222,127 people. Madaraka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madaraka live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 156,484th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,273 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5,674 people, or 1 in 9,331. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 22 percent are found, Mara Region, where 19 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Madaraka is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Madaraka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Madaraka surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Madaraka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Madaraka in the Marathi language
मदारकाmadaraka66.67
मदरकाmadaraka33.33

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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 Madaraka
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