Rakala Surname
Approximately 1,938 people bear this surname
Rakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,858 | 1:412,845 | 21,718 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Rakala (199) may also be a first name.
Rakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakala (Hindi: रकला, Marathi: रकला, Oriya: େରାକାଲା, Russian: Ракала) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 212,518th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,760,344 people. The surname Rakala is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Rakala reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 642,605th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 199 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 1,858 people, or 1 in 412,845. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent are found, Telangana, where 5 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rakala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rakala in the Marathi language | ||
| रकला | rakala | - |
| Rakala in the Hindi language | ||
| रकला | rakala | 84.62 |
| ्रकला | rakala | 7.69 |
| राकला | rakala | 7.69 |
| Rakala in the Oriya language | ||
| େରାକାଲା | erakala | 60 |
| ରକଳା | rakala | 20 |
| ରକାଲା | rakala | 20 |
| Rakala in the Russian language | ||
| Ракала | rakala | - |
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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 Rakala
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