Rakah Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Rakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 225 | 1:793,973 | 11,318 |
| Israel | 173 | 1:49,466 | 6,521 |
| Algeria | 101 | 1:382,491 | 33,409 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Rakah (1,129) may also be a first name.
Rakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rakah is found most in Pakistan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rakah is the 572,911th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Rakah is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Rakah live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 237,037th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 1,129 people.
It is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 793,973. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 92 percent are found, Sindh, where 4 percent are found and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan Rakah is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 31 percent are found and Algeria, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Rakah
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