Teka Surname
Approximately 95,770 people bear this surname
Teka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 85,641 | 1:1,139 | 205 |
| DR Congo | 2,374 | 1:31,120 | 3,885 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Egypt | 1,495 | 1:61,495 | 5,792 |
| South Africa | 1,040 | 1:52,094 | 6,597 |
| Indonesia | 622 | 1:212,619 | 19,965 |
| Papua New Guinea | 500 | 1:16,307 | 1,613 |
| India | 475 | 1:1,614,874 | 59,336 |
| Cameroon | 372 | 1:55,831 | 7,214 |
| Kenya | 205 | 1:225,268 | 15,863 |
| Ivory Coast | 164 | 1:140,678 | 6,676 |
| Benin | 145 | 1:71,280 | 8,604 |
| Mauritius | 144 | 1:8,982 | 1,898 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Grenada | 99 | 1:1,096 | 205 |
| Uganda | 74 | 1:527,558 | 29,544 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Albania | 50 | 1:58,281 | 7,203 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Afghanistan | 28 | 1:1,148,328 | 10,363 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Téka (3), Têka (1) & Tèka (1) are calculated separately.
Teka (331,965) may also be a first name.
Teka Demographics
Teka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Teka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Teka (Arabic: تيكا, Georgian: თეკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻚ, Hindi: टेका, Marathi: टेका, Oriya: େଟକା, Russian: Тека, Tibetan: ཀྲི་ཀ་) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Téka, Têka or Tèka. For other potential spellings of Teka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Teka? popularity and diffusion
Teka is the 5,893rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 76,094 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Teka live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,146th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 331,965 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 85,641 people, or 1 in 1,139. Apart from Ethiopia Teka occurs in 84 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.
Teka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Teka surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Teka are 42.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Teka earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 41.16% less than the national average, earning R 139,836 per year; in United States they earn 20.48% less than the national average, earning $34,311 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.3% less than the national average, earning $44,070 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teka in the Georgian language | ||
| თეკა | teka | - |
| Teka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻚ | tk | - |
| Teka in the Hindi language | ||
| टेका | teka | 98.82 |
| टीका | tika | 0.51 |
| टेक | teka | 0.17 |
| तेक | teka | 0.17 |
| टिका | tika | 0.17 |
| Teka in the Marathi language | ||
| टेका | teka | 84.62 |
| टेक | teka | 7.69 |
| तेका | teka | 3.85 |
| टेकाडे | tekade | 3.85 |
| Teka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟକା | etaka | 67.44 |
| େଟକ | etaka | 29.07 |
| େତକା | etaka | 2.33 |
| Teka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀྲི་ཀ་ | trika | 55.56 |
| ཀྲེ་ཀ་ | tréka | 22.22 |
| ཀྲེག་ | trek | 11.11 |
| ཀྲེག་ཀ་ | trekka | 11.11 |
| Teka in the Russian language | ||
| Тека | teka | - |
| Teka in the Arabic language | ||
| تيكا | tyka | - |
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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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- 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 Teka
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