Shaka Surname
Approximately 9,416 people bear this surname
Shaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,741 | 1:47,352 | 3,669 |
| Tanzania | 1,149 | 1:46,076 | 5,204 |
| India | 1,084 | 1:707,625 | 32,727 |
| DR Congo | 561 | 1:131,693 | 14,109 |
| Kenya | 445 | 1:103,775 | 9,011 |
| Uganda | 398 | 1:98,089 | 9,905 |
| Albania | 361 | 1:8,072 | 1,537 |
| Zimbabwe | 334 | 1:46,222 | 7,101 |
| Jordan | 224 | 1:39,475 | 4,441 |
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Liberia | 120 | 1:36,738 | 3,403 |
| South Africa | 87 | 1:622,732 | 46,743 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Kosovo | 34 | 1:54,761 | 4,115 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shaka (9,777) may also be a first name.
Shaka Demographics
Shaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaka (Georgian: შაკა, Hindi: शाका, Marathi: शाका, Oriya: ଶକା, Russian: Шака) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 54,113th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 773,953 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Shaka live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaka is also the 62,198th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 9,777 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,741 people, or 1 in 47,352. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 31 percent are found, Edo, where 27 percent are found and Kogi, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 72 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Shaka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shaka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shaka last name expanded 13,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Shaka surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (58%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Shaka last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shaka earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.7% more than the national average, earning R 253,560 per year; in United States they earn 7.75% more than the national average, earning $46,495 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.94% more than the national average, earning $60,584 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaka in the Georgian language | ||
| შაკა | shaka | - |
| Shaka in the Hindi language | ||
| शाका | saka | 81.24 |
| शका | saka | 17.88 |
| शााका | saaka | 0.22 |
| शक्य | sakya | 0.22 |
| Shaka in the Marathi language | ||
| शाका | saka | 78.49 |
| शका | saka | 11.83 |
| शंकर | sankara | 4.3 |
| आकाश | akasa | 2.15 |
| िभकन | ibhakana | 2.15 |
| िशाका | isaka | 1.08 |
| Shaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶକା | saka | 43.75 |
| ଶାକା | saka | 25 |
| ଶାକ | saka | 6.25 |
| ଶୁକ | suka | 6.25 |
| ଶକ | saka | 6.25 |
| ଶାକାର | sakara | 6.25 |
| କାରି | kari | 6.25 |
| Shaka in the Russian language | ||
| Шака | saka | - |
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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 Shaka
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