Vaka Surname
Approximately 18,919 people bear this surname
Vaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 16,031 | 1:47,849 | 3,307 |
| Ivory Coast | 342 | 1:67,460 | 3,838 |
| United States | 317 | 1:1,143,404 | 82,127 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Tonga | 280 | 1:383 | 96 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Albania | 185 | 1:15,752 | 2,802 |
| Ukraine | 161 | 1:282,750 | 36,404 |
| New Zealand | 153 | 1:29,597 | 5,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 146 | 1:3,973 | 462 |
| Australia | 110 | 1:245,415 | 22,739 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Norway | 107 | 1:48,059 | 6,881 |
| Russia | 88 | 1:1,637,762 | 109,009 |
| Zimbabwe | 72 | 1:214,420 | 24,333 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| Greece | 42 | 1:263,805 | 39,714 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| Latvia | 19 | 1:107,897 | 15,192 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Kosovo | 14 | 1:132,991 | 6,224 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
The alternate forms: Váka (27) & Vāka (1) are calculated separately.
Vaka (2,622) may also be a first name.
Vaka Demographics
Vaka Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Vaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vaka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻛﻪ, Hindi: वका, Marathi: वाका, Russian: Вака) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Váka or Vāka. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,400th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 385,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Vaka are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 143,483rd most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 2,622 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 16,031 people, or 1 in 47,849. In India Vaka is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 80 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 7 percent live and Telangana, where 6 percent live. Apart from India this last name is found in 62 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Vaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Vaka surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Vaka are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Vaka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.98% less than the national average, earning 290,770 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87% less than the national average, earning R 30,900 per year and in United States they earn 20.35% more than the national average, earning $51,928 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vaka in the Hindi language | ||
| वका | vaka | 67.52 |
| वाका | vaka | 31.21 |
| वक्ा | vaka | 1.27 |
| Vaka in the Marathi language | ||
| वाका | vaka | 64.47 |
| वका | vaka | 35.53 |
| Vaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻛﻪ | fakh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻛﻪ | alfakh | 50 |
| Vaka in the Russian language | ||
| Вака | vaka | - |
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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 Vaka
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