Thaka Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Thaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 236 | 1:299,315 | 51,621 |
| India | 219 | 1:3,502,582 | 99,542 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| Albania | 66 | 1:44,152 | 6,030 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Thaka (1,573) may also be a first name.
Thaka Demographics
Average Thaka Salary in
South Africa
R 168,780
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thaka (Hindi: ठाका, Marathi: ठका, Oriya: ଠକ, Tibetan: ཐ་ཀ་) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 463,668th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. The last name Thaka occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Thaka reside; 33 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 32 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 195,177th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 1,573 people.
The surname Thaka is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 299,315. In Thailand Thaka is most prevalent in: Nan Province, where 42 percent live, Saraburi Province, where 18 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Thailand it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
Thaka Last Name Statistics demography
Thaka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.98% less than the national average, earning R 168,780 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thaka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཐ་ཀ་ | taka | - |
| Thaka in the Marathi language | ||
| ठका | thaka | 97.23 |
| ठाका | thaka | 0.77 |
| ढका | dhaka | 0.06 |
| टका | taka | 0.06 |
| थाका | thaka | 0.06 |
| थक | thaka | 0.06 |
| Thaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠକ | thaka | 88.89 |
| ଥକ | thaka | 5.56 |
| ଥାକା | thaka | 5.56 |
| Thaka in the Hindi language | ||
| ठाका | thaka | 80.95 |
| ठाक | thaka | 9.52 |
| थका | thaka | 4.76 |
| ठका | thaka | 2.38 |
| थक | thaka | 2.38 |
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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 Thaka
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