Praka Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Praka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 84 | 1:9,131,731 | 182,786 |
| Albania | 27 | 1:107,928 | 10,061 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Praka (387) may also be a first name.
Praka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Praka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Praka (Hindi: प्रका, Oriya: ପାକା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Praka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Praka live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Praka is also the 440,394th most widely held first name globally, borne by 387 people.
The last name Praka is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 9,131,731. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 48 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 36 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent reside. Not including India Praka is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Praka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Praka in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାକା | paka | - |
| Praka in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रका | praka | 93.18 |
| प्रकाश | prakasa | 4.55 |
| प्रकाा | prakaa | 1.14 |
| प्राका | praka | 1.14 |
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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 Praka
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