Last name Balaka (Balaka 
, Балака 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Balaka is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, Mauritius, and Togo. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Ukraine. Also, Balaka is the forename as well as the last name.