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
The last name Rakava (Russian: Ракава) is most common in India. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Rakava are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 94,010th most common given name in the world, borne by 5,189 people.
The surname Rakava is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 1,693,301. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Rakava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Rakava last name is predominantly 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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