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 most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rakau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 314,479th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,103,472 people. The surname Rakau occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Rakau are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 467,354th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 348 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,105 people, or 1 in 49,030. In South Africa Rakau is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 60 percent reside, Limpopo, where 24 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it is found 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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