Rakamba Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Rakamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya881:524,77226,127
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Rakamba Last Name Facts

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

Rakamba is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rakamba is the 1,967,751st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Rakamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakamba are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Rakamba is most common in: Kisii County, where 97 percent live, Busia County, where 1 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Rwanda, where 1 percent live.

Rakamba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Rakamba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rokamba861/
Rekambai8012/
Roekamba801/
Rakhambe801/
Rackembau751/
Rekemba7133/
Rakombe711/
Rokambi711/
Rakhombe6711/
Rocambau674/
Raskombe671/
Raikombe671/
Rocambach639/
Rokoumbai631/
Rockanbach590/
Recomba5761/
Racombo5723/
Rekembo571/
Rokombo571/
Roquemba531/
Rocombach5029/

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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 Rakamba
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