Naka Surname
Approximately 78,918 people bear this surname
Naka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 41,503 | 1:3,080 | 522 |
| India | 29,673 | 1:25,851 | 1,953 |
| Thailand | 1,483 | 1:47,632 | 5,517 |
| South Africa | 800 | 1:67,722 | 8,477 |
| Ivory Coast | 712 | 1:32,403 | 2,177 |
| Greece | 604 | 1:18,344 | 2,618 |
| DR Congo | 445 | 1:166,022 | 17,095 |
| Brazil | 444 | 1:482,149 | 18,217 |
| United States | 342 | 1:1,059,821 | 77,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 331 | 1:24,634 | 2,717 |
| Benin | 325 | 1:31,802 | 4,172 |
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| Albania | 275 | 1:10,597 | 1,983 |
| Indonesia | 274 | 1:482,661 | 39,735 |
| Canada | 174 | 1:211,756 | 20,505 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Algeria | 156 | 1:247,638 | 26,688 |
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 1:134,246 | 17,609 |
| Pakistan | 113 | 1:1,580,919 | 16,799 |
| Malaysia | 110 | 1:268,129 | 14,980 |
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Kosovo | 34 | 1:54,761 | 4,115 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Croatia | 14 | 1:302,043 | 29,715 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Cambodia | 11 | 1:1,407,922 | 6,192 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
The alternate forms: Naká (1) are calculated separately.
Naka (83,597) may also be a first name.
Naka Demographics
Average Male Naka Height
168.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Naka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Naka (Arabic: نكا, Bengali: নাকা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻛﻪ, Hindi: नका, Marathi: नका, Oriya: ନାକା, Russian: Нака, Tibetan: ན་ཀ་) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Naká. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Naka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,192nd most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 92,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Naka reside; 53 percent reside in East Asia and 53 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 11,922nd most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 83,597 people.
The last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 41,503 people, or 1 in 3,080. In Japan Naka is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 8 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Japan this surname is found in 90 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Naka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Naka last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.47% registered with the political party.
The amount Naka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 107.31% more than the national average, earning S/. 40,187 per year; in South Africa they earn 15.34% less than the national average, earning R 201,192 per year; in United States they earn 13.54% more than the national average, earning $48,992 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $51,078 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻛﻪ | alnakh | - |
| Naka in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାକା | naka | 93.54 |
| ନାକ | naka | 2.87 |
| ନକା | naka | 2.44 |
| ନକ | naka | 0.72 |
| Naka in the Hindi language | ||
| नका | naka | 85.82 |
| नाका | naka | 14.07 |
| Naka in the Marathi language | ||
| नका | naka | 85.8 |
| नाका | naka | 14.2 |
| Naka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ན་ཀ་ | naka | 50 |
| མན་ན་ཀ་ | mennaka | 25 |
| གནག་ཀ་ | nakka | 25 |
| Naka in the Bengali language | ||
| নাকা | naka | 40 |
| ঙাকা | naka | 40 |
| নকা | naka | 20 |
| Naka in the Russian language | ||
| Нака | naka | - |
| Naka in the Arabic language | ||
| نكا | nka | - |
| ناكا | naka | - |
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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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- 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 Naka
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