Vuka Surname
Approximately 1,794 people bear this surname
Vuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 554 | 1:5,260 | 991 |
| DR Congo | 472 | 1:156,525 | 16,251 |
| South Africa | 288 | 1:188,117 | 20,469 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Croatia | 153 | 1:27,638 | 5,712 |
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Vuka (1,170) may also be a first name.
Vuka Demographics
Average Vuka Salary in
United States
$54,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vuka (Russian: Вука) has its highest incidence in Albania. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vuka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 226,326th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,062,177 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Vuka live; 42 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 31 percent live in Albano-Europe. Vuka is also the 232,219th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 1,170 people.
Vuka is most frequently occurring in Albania, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 5,260. In Albania Vuka is mostly concentrated in: Lezhë County, where 39 percent are found, Dibër County, where 18 percent are found and Tirana County, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Albania this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 16 percent are found.
Vuka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Vuka surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
The amount Vuka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.5% less than the national average, earning R 91,488 per year and in United States they earn 25.55% more than the national average, earning $54,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vuka in the Russian language | ||
| Вука | vuka | - |
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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 Vuka
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