Family name Salaka (Salaka 
, Selaka 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Salaka is characteristic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare surname, Latvia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and India. Much less frequently, Salaka is the forename as well as the last name.