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
Reka Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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 carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Réka or Rekã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Reka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,882nd most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 615,398 people. The surname Reka is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Reka live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 25,560th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 33,515 people.
Reka is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 4,219 people, or 1 in 181,812. In India Reka is mostly found in: Telangana, where 63 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent are found. Other than India it 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 frequency of Reka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 743 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Reka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Reka surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the 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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