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 last name Rakau is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakau? popularity and diffusion
Rakau is the 314,479th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,103,472 people. The last name Rakau is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Rakau live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 467,354th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 348 people.
The surname Rakau is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,105 people, or 1 in 49,030. In South Africa Rakau is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 60 percent live, Limpopo, where 24 percent live and North West, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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