Racovitza Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Racovitza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Racovitza Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

The alternate forms: Racovitză (1) are calculated separately.

Racovitza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Racovitza is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Racovitză. Click here for further possible spellings of Racovitza.

How Common Is The Last Name Racovitza? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Racovitza reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Racovitza is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 586,637. In Switzerland Racovitza is primarily concentrated in: Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 93 percent live and Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 7 percent live. Besides Switzerland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 27 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Racovitză961/
Racoviţa821/
Rakovitsa7854/
Racoviţă71256/
Rakovica71174/
Rakoviča711/
Rakovytsa6720/
Rakovitse6718/
Rakēviča591/
Rakovytse568/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Racovitza
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