Rakepa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Rakepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 59 | 1:34,450 | 6,217 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Rakepa (15) may also be a first name.
Rakepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rakepa is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rakepa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakepa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakepa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rakepa is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
The surname Rakepa is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 34,450. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 56 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 24 percent live and Berea District, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakaepa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Rakapa | 83 | 367 | / |
| Rakopa | 83 | 126 | / |
| Rekepa | 83 | 34 | / |
| Rakipa | 83 | 34 | / |
| Rokepa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rakipaj | 77 | 311 | / |
| Rekepea | 77 | 38 | / |
| Rakaapa | 77 | 33 | / |
| Raukepe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Raekopa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Raecapa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Raikopa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Raikapa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Rakappa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Rakopha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ragkopa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raicepa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakapai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakapfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rachepa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raquepas | 71 | 45 | / |
| Raquepau | 71 | 30 | / |
| Rakipi | 67 | 1,923 | / |
| Racapa | 67 | 474 | / |
| Rokopa | 67 | 129 | / |
| Rakopo | 67 | 108 | / |
| Rakapo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Rekapa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Racipa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Recapa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rokipa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rakipo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Recopa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rekipa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rokapa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rakesphee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rakhaphai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rakepa
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