Neka Surname
Approximately 5,712 people bear this surname
Neka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,464 | 1:311,309 | 17,407 |
| Indonesia | 805 | 1:164,285 | 15,976 |
| DR Congo | 677 | 1:109,128 | 12,069 |
| Iraq | 278 | 1:125,977 | 3,498 |
| Benin | 255 | 1:40,532 | 5,219 |
| Papua New Guinea | 241 | 1:33,833 | 3,966 |
| Zimbabwe | 161 | 1:95,890 | 13,594 |
| Ukraine | 143 | 1:318,341 | 40,201 |
| Russia | 113 | 1:1,275,425 | 91,659 |
| Ivory Coast | 108 | 1:213,623 | 8,940 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 1:2,178,584 | 20,204 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Albania | 23 | 1:126,698 | 10,929 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Tajikistan | 19 | 1:441,405 | 3,172 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Ñeka (1) are calculated separately.
Neka (9,238) may also be a first name.
Neka Demographics
Neka Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Neka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Neka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Neka (Bengali: নেকা, Georgian: ნეკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻘﻪ, Hindi: नेका, Marathi: नेका, Oriya: େନକା, Russian: Нека) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Ñeka. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Neka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 84,572nd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,275,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Neka live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 64,606th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 9,238 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 2,464 people, or 1 in 311,309. In India Neka is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 92 percent reside, West Bengal, where 4 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Aside from India Neka occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Neka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Neka surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
The amount Neka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.22% less than the national average, earning R 56,508 per year and in United States they earn 21.27% less than the national average, earning $33,971 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Neka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Neka in the Georgian language | ||
| ნეკა | neka | - |
| Neka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻘﻪ | alnqh | - |
| Neka in the Bengali language | ||
| নেকা | neka | - |
| Neka in the Oriya language | ||
| େନକା | enaka | - |
| Neka in the Marathi language | ||
| नेका | neka | - |
| Neka in the Hindi language | ||
| नेका | neka | 99.76 |
| नेक | neka | 0.24 |
| Neka in the Russian language | ||
| Нека | neka | - |
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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 Neka
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