Rakava Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Rakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 453 | 1:1,693,301 | 61,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Rakava (5,189) may also be a first name.
Rakava Demographics
Rakava Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Rakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakava (Russian: Ракава) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 637,196th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Rakava live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Rakava is also the 94,010th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 5,189 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 453 people, or 1 in 1,693,301. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent reside. Excluding India Rakava occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Rakava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rakava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rakava in the Russian language | ||
| Ракава | rakava | - |
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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
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- 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 Rakava
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