Rakatani Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Rakatani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 95 | 1:85,829 | 11,359 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Rakatani (142) may also be a first name.
Rakatani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakatani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rakatani is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rakatani.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakatani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rakatani is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Rakatani reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Rakatani is also the 775,413th most common first name globally, borne by 142 people.
The last name Rakatani is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 85,829. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Central, where 44 percent live, National Capital District, where 38 percent live and Milne Bay, where 16 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 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 Rakatani
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