Manyaka Surname

69,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Manyaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Manyaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5,8211:9,3071,168
Cameroon4401:47,2026,187
Tanzania2471:214,33917,954
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
India1391:5,518,456133,501
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Lesotho471:43,2467,178
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
France191:3,495,933219,029
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Manyaka (628) may also be a first name.

Manyaka Last Name Facts

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

Manyaka (Hindi: मंयका, Marathi: मन्याका, Oriya: ମଣଯ୍ାକା, Russian: Маняка) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Manyaka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 69,387th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,020,093 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Manyaka live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Manyaka is also the 332,375th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 628 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 5,821 people, or 1 in 9,307. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 41 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 21 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Manyaka Last Name Statistics demography

Manyaka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.76% less than the national average, earning R 155,028 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Manyaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Manyaka in the Hindi language
मंयकाmanyaka-
Manyaka in the Oriya language
ମଣଯ୍ାକାmanayaka75
ମାଣଯ୍ାକାmanayaka25
Manyaka in the Marathi language
मन्याकाman'yaka40
मन्यकाman'yaka20
मण्याकाmanyaka20
मान्यकाman'yaka20
Manyaka in the Russian language
Манякаmanaka-

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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 Manyaka
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