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
Raka (Arabic: رقا, Bengali: রাকা, Hindi: राका, Marathi: राका, Oriya: ରାକା, Russian: Рака, Tibetan: ར་ཀ།) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Raka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,302nd most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 106,186 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Raka reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Raka is also the 24,019th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 36,327 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 45,203 people, or 1 in 16,969. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found and Gujarat, where 1 percent are found. Besides India it occurs in 65 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
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 political 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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