Rachael Surname

322,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Rachael Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rachael Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4791:369,81819,753
Cameroon2151:96,60011,495
Papua New Guinea1351:60,3987,783
Kenya1161:398,10322,333
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
England521:1,071,50151,923
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
India61:127,844,230863,365
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Rachael (357,881) may also be a first name.

Rachael Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rachael Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rachael (Marathi: रचेल, Oriya: ରାେଚଲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Rachael click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rachael? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 322,699th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,304,105 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Rachael reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rachael is also the 2,909th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 357,881 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 479 people, or 1 in 369,818. In Nigeria Rachael is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 15 percent reside, Ondo, where 8 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.

Rachael Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rachael has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Rachael last name expanded 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rachael Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rachael Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rachael in the Oriya language
ରାେଚଲraecala-
Rachael in the Marathi language
रचेलracela41.67
रैचेलraicela16.67
राचंलracanla8.33
रांचलrancala8.33
राचलीracali8.33
रचएलraca'ela8.33
राचलracala8.33

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Rachael Reference & Research

Rachels FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Rachael
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