Rakaota Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Rakaota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 198 | 1:10,265 | 2,342 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
Rakaota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakaota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakaota is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakaota? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,061,269th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakaota live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Rakaota is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 10,265. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 64 percent live, Maseru District, where 34 percent live and Berea District, where 3 percent live. Beside Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 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 Rakaota
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