Rakafa Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Rakafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 366 | 1:42,181 | 6,506 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Rakafa (141) may also be a first name.
Rakafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakafa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 770,644th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The surname Rakafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rakafa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 141 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 42,181. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 42 percent reside, Harare Province, where 35 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 11 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Rakafa
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