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 surname Rakah is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rakah.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,911th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. It occurs mostly 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 prevalent first name on earth, borne by 1,129 people.
The last name Rakah is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 793,973. In Pakistan Rakah is most numerous in: Punjab, where 92 percent live, Sindh, where 4 percent live and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Aside from Pakistan it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 31 percent live and Algeria, where 18 percent live.
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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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