Pareka Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Pareka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 201 | 1:40,566 | 4,927 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pareka (168) may also be a first name.
Pareka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pareka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pareka (Bengali: পারেকা, Hindi: परेका, Marathi: परेका, Russian: Парека) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pareka? popularity and diffusion
Pareka is the 961,438th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Pareka live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pareka is also the 705,855th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 168 people.
The surname Pareka is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 40,566. In Papua New Guinea Pareka is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 46 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 45 percent reside and Morobe, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Pareka occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pareka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pareka in the Bengali language | ||
| পারেকা | pareka | - |
| Pareka in the Hindi language | ||
| परेका | pareka | - |
| Pareka in the Marathi language | ||
| परेका | pareka | - |
| Pareka in the Russian language | ||
| Парека | pareka | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pareka
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