Hika
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hika is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of ひか.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 146K(inferred from the name graph)
- NONorway1 in 195K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 204K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 63 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 146K (inferred from the name graph)
≈390 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of ひか
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 146K | — | Hika | 5 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 521K | — | Hika | 7 |
| US United States | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | listed | Hika | 63 |
| IN India | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 30M | 1 | — | 1 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 7M | — | Hika | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 882K | — | Hika | 24 |
| NO Norway | 28 | 1 in 195K | 28 | — | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Hika | 16 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hika is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In hvn, morning bird, named from its cry
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In cic, to stop, to cease, to halt
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, muddy area, mire
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bpz, laugh loudly
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Icelandic, to hesitate
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 28 | #36,280 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hika mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of ひか Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Hika have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 386 people named Hika in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hika.
- How common is the name Hika?
- In Norway, the national register counted 28 people named Hika, about 1 in 195 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Hika?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hikaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hika”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.