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 surname Rakava (Russian: Ракава) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 637,196th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Rakava live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 94,010th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 5,189 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 1,693,301. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent are found. Excluding India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Rakava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Rakava surname is principally 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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