Rakana Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Rakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 137 | 1:5,599,017 | 134,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rakana (315) may also be a first name.
Rakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakana (Georgian: რაკანა, Hindi: रकाना, Marathi: राकना, Oriya: ରକନା) is most common in India. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Rakana live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Rakana is also the 494,917th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 315 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 5,599,017. In India Rakana is primarily found in: Tamil Nadu, where 95 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent reside and Bihar, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India Rakana occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Georgia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rakana in the Georgian language | ||
| რაკანა | rakana | - |
| Rakana in the Hindi language | ||
| रकाना | rakana | 50 |
| राकाना | rakana | 37.5 |
| रकना | rakana | 12.5 |
| Rakana in the Oriya language | ||
| ରକନା | rakana | 50 |
| ରକଣା | rakana | 50 |
| Rakana in the Marathi language | ||
| राकना | rakana | 33.33 |
| रकाना | rakana | 33.33 |
| रकना | rakana | 33.33 |
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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 Rakana
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