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
Rakau is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 314,479th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,103,472 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 forename on earth It is held by 348 people.
The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,105 people, or 1 in 49,030. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 60 percent are found, Limpopo, where 24 percent are found and North West, where 5 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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