Taaka Surname
Approximately 17,948 people bear this surname
Taaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 16,680 | 1:2,340 | 375 |
| Kenya | 1,106 | 1:41,754 | 4,371 |
| Lesotho | 41 | 1:49,575 | 7,796 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Taaka (522) may also be a first name.
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Taaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taaka is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taaka is the 29,809th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 406,037 people. The surname Taaka is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Taaka are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 369,527th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 522 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 16,680 people, or 1 in 2,340. In Uganda Taaka is primarily found in: Busia District, where 47 percent live, Namayingo District, where 26 percent live and Bugiri District, where 10 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.
Taaka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Taaka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taaka last name rose 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Taaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Taaka surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Taaka are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Taaka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 902.41% more than the national average, earning R 2,382,110 per year and in United States they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $41,594 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Taaka
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