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
The surname Praka (Hindi: प्रका, Oriya: ପାକା) occurs most in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Praka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,465,390th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname is mostly found 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 numerous given name internationally It is held by 387 people.
Praka is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 9,131,731. In India Praka is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 48 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 36 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Excluding India this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 percent live.
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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