Oka Surname
Approximately 157,100 people bear this surname
Oka Surname User-submission:
The surname Oka means 'hill' in Japanese.
Oka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 109,663 | 1:1,166 | 215 |
| Ivory Coast | 16,052 | 1:1,437 | 152 |
| Indonesia | 9,824 | 1:13,462 | 1,692 |
| Egypt | 7,993 | 1:11,502 | 1,369 |
| Nigeria | 6,374 | 1:27,791 | 2,369 |
| United States | 1,107 | 1:327,425 | 29,737 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Brazil | 721 | 1:296,913 | 11,441 |
| Turkey | 598 | 1:130,136 | 10,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 595 | 1:13,704 | 1,293 |
| India | 433 | 1:1,771,514 | 63,254 |
| DR Congo | 417 | 1:177,169 | 18,031 |
| Cameroon | 311 | 1:66,782 | 8,434 |
| Congo | 233 | 1:21,412 | 2,431 |
| Albania | 219 | 1:13,306 | 2,429 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Thailand | 132 | 1:535,139 | 92,379 |
| Canada | 127 | 1:290,123 | 26,993 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Philippines | 94 | 1:1,077,002 | 89,308 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| United Arab Emirates | 76 | 1:120,556 | 10,223 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| Israel | 50 | 1:171,153 | 17,369 |
| Uzbekistan | 49 | 1:631,207 | 13,568 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Peru | 37 | 1:859,030 | 17,841 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| Serbia | 32 | 1:223,280 | 12,990 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Transnistria | 21 | 1:22,605 | 3,991 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Öka (1) are calculated separately.
Oka (18,622) may also be a first name.
Oka Surname Meaning
Oka Demographics
Oka Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Oka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oka (Arabic: اوكا, Hindi: ओका, Marathi: ओक, Oriya: ଓକା, Russian: Ока, Tibetan: ཨོ་ཀ་) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Öka. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,570th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 46,388 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Oka are found; 70 percent are found in East Asia and 70 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Oka is also the 39,877th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 18,622 people.
The last name Oka is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 109,663 people, or 1 in 1,166. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Japan this surname is found in 102 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
Oka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Oka last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Oka last name are 17.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.42% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Oka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 174% more than the national average, earning S/. 53,114 per year; in South Africa they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning R 275,148 per year; in United States they earn 8.81% more than the national average, earning $46,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $50,590 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oka in the Hindi language | ||
| ओका | oka | - |
| Oka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓକା | oka | - |
| Oka in the Marathi language | ||
| ओक | oka | 87.7 |
| ओका | oka | 11.07 |
| ोका | oka | 0.82 |
| ऑका | oka | 0.41 |
| Oka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོ་ཀ་ | oka | 71.43 |
| ཨོ་ཀ། | oka | 21.43 |
| ཨོ་ཀོ་ | oko | 7.14 |
| Oka in the Russian language | ||
| Ока | oka | - |
| Oka in the Arabic language | ||
| اوكا | awka | - |
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