Raka Surname
Approximately 68,630 people bear this surname
Raka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 45,203 | 1:16,969 | 1,355 |
| Bangladesh | 10,634 | 1:14,986 | 1,147 |
| Indonesia | 8,241 | 1:16,048 | 2,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,137 | 1:3,815 | 195 |
| Kosovo | 507 | 1:3,672 | 614 |
| North Macedonia | 329 | 1:6,387 | 1,160 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 218 | 1:42,029 | 4,348 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Pakistan | 136 | 1:1,313,558 | 15,128 |
| Algeria | 112 | 1:344,925 | 31,565 |
| Thailand | 100 | 1:706,383 | 117,076 |
| Albania | 57 | 1:51,124 | 6,660 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Solomon Islands | 31 | 1:18,711 | 3,619 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Raka (36,327) may also be a first name.
Raka Demographics
Average Raka Salary in
United States
$41,643 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Raka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raka (Arabic: رقا, Bengali: রাকা, Hindi: राका, Marathi: राका, Oriya: ରାକା, Russian: Рака, Tibetan: ར་ཀ།) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,302nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 106,186 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Raka are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Raka is also the 24,019th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 36,327 people.
The surname Raka is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 45,203 people, or 1 in 16,969. In India Raka is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent live, Maharashtra, where 4 percent live and Gujarat, where 1 percent live. Not including India Raka occurs in 65 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Raka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Raka surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Raka earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 20.28% less than the national average, earning 275,903 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.93% less than the national average, earning R 135,612 per year; in United States they earn 3.49% less than the national average, earning $41,643 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.16% less than the national average, earning $30,227 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raka in the Bengali language | ||
| রাকা | raka | - |
| Raka in the Marathi language | ||
| राका | raka | 99 |
| रका | raka | 0.92 |
| Raka in the Hindi language | ||
| राका | raka | 86.78 |
| रका | raka | 5.37 |
| रांका | ranka | 5.24 |
| रक्ा | raka | 1.7 |
| रॉका | roka | 0.39 |
| रेखा | rekha | 0.39 |
| ्रका | raka | 0.13 |
| Raka in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାକା | raka | 79.41 |
| ରକା | raka | 14.71 |
| ରାକାକା | rakaka | 2.94 |
| ରାକାର | rakara | 2.94 |
| Raka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ར་ཀ། | raka | 25 |
| རཱ་ཀ་ | raka | 25 |
| རའི་ཀ། | réka | 25 |
| ར་ཁ། | rakha | 25 |
| Raka in the Russian language | ||
| Рака | raka | - |
| Raka in the Arabic language | ||
| رقا | rqa | - |
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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 Raka
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