Rakeby Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Rakeby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakeby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria5151:37,4782,276
Yemen111:2,402,29914,089

Rakeby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rakeby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rakeby is found in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakeby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 592,650th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rakeby live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant.

This surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 37,478. In Syria Rakeby is most numerous in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent live and Latakia Governorate, where 0 percent live. Barring Syria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rackeby920/
Rokeby8378/
Rakebi8334/
Rakeba834/
Rakaiby77244/
Rakkaby7712/
Rakeeba773/
Rakheba772/
Rakaebe771/
Reckeby771/
Rakebee771/
Rakebai771/
Rackaby770/
Rakheiba7110/
Rakhobiy714/
Rakheeba714/
Rakiba672,212/
Rakibe671,514/
Rekaby671,451/
Rakibi671,185/
Rakabe67984/
Rakabi67255/
Rakobe6787/
Raqebe6729/
Rakobi678/
Rekebe674/
Rekebi672/
Rokeba671/
Racoby670/

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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 Rakeby
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