Rakau Surname
Approximately 1,194 people bear this surname
Rakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,105 | 1:49,030 | 6,230 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Cook Islands | 4 | 1:4,545 | 1,050 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Rakau (348) may also be a first name.
Rakau Demographics
Average Rakau Salary in
South Africa
R 302,616
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Rakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rakau is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 314,479th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,103,472 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Rakau reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Rakau is also the 467,354th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 348 people.
The surname Rakau is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,105 people, or 1 in 49,030. In South Africa Rakau is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 60 percent reside, Limpopo, where 24 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Rakau Last Name Statistics demography
Rakau earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.34% more than the national average, earning R 302,616 per year.
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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 Rakau
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