Reka Surname
Approximately 11,842 people bear this surname
Reka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,219 | 1:181,812 | 11,102 |
| Ukraine | 1,433 | 1:31,767 | 4,583 |
| Kosovo | 1,153 | 1:1,615 | 257 |
| Albania | 1,059 | 1:2,752 | 486 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Indonesia | 788 | 1:167,829 | 16,283 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Turkey | 460 | 1:169,177 | 12,968 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| Algeria | 117 | 1:330,184 | 31,078 |
| Greece | 107 | 1:103,549 | 17,425 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Belgium | 39 | 1:294,786 | 34,540 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| North Macedonia | 25 | 1:84,059 | 7,798 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Réka (18) & Rekã (1) are calculated separately.
Reka (33,515) may also be a first name.
Reka Demographics
Average Reka Salary in
United States
$29,298 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Reka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Reka (Bengali: রেখারানী, Georgian: რეკა, Hindi: रेका, Marathi: रेका, Oriya: େରକା) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Réka or Rekã. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Reka? popularity and diffusion
Reka is the 43,882nd most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 615,398 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Reka reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 38 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Reka is also the 25,560th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 33,515 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 4,219 people, or 1 in 181,812. In India Reka is most common in: Telangana, where 63 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent are found. Beside India this surname occurs in 70 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 12 percent are found and Kosovo, where 10 percent are found.
Reka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Reka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 743 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Reka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Reka last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Reka earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 32.1% less than the national average, earning $29,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.58% less than the national average, earning $33,498 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Reka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Reka in the Georgian language | ||
| რეკა | reka | - |
| Reka in the Oriya language | ||
| େରକା | eraka | 95 |
| ଏଲାମା | elama | 5 |
| Reka in the Marathi language | ||
| रेका | reka | 94.74 |
| रॅका | reka | 5.26 |
| Reka in the Hindi language | ||
| रेका | reka | 85.71 |
| रेखा | rekha | 11.9 |
| रेक | reka | 2.38 |
| Reka in the Bengali language | ||
| রেখারানী | rekharani | 50 |
| রেকা | reka | 50 |
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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 Reka
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