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 surname Madaraka (Marathi: मदारका) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madaraka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 81,458th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,222,127 people. Madaraka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Madaraka reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Madaraka is also the 156,484th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 2,273 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 5,674 people, or 1 in 9,331. In Tanzania it is primarily 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. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found 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 last name 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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