Rakeng Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Norway

Rakeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Norway71:734,61250,907
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Rakeng (25) may also be a first name.

Rakeng Last Name Facts

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

Rakeng is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakeng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,106,139th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. Rakeng is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Rakeng are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rakeng is also the 2,136,160th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 25 people.

The surname Rakeng is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 76 percent are found and Gauteng, where 24 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Norway, where 9 percent are found.

Rakeng Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rakeng earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 48.03% more than the national average, earning 512,307 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 67.72% less than the national average, earning R 76,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raking8354/
Rekeng8317/
Rokeng8311/
Rakyong77490/
Racheng776/
Racking773/
Rekkeng772/
Raiking771/
Reaking771/
Raskings711/
Rackings710/
Racing6736/
Reking679/
Roking672/
Rakenkova671/
Roceng671/
Rocking62335/
Recking6258/
Reiking6237/
Raskynx6224/
Röcking6215/
Rooking628/
Raquing622/
Rockäng621/
Requing621/
Raching621/
Rasquing5714/
Reidking571/
Reiching571/
Roycheng571/
Reicheng570/
Roecking570/
Reaching570/
Rocing500/

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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 Rakeng
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