Rakiatou Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Rakiatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 61 | 1:300,854 | 5,356 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Rakiatou (8,484) may also be a first name.
Rakiatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakiatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rakiatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﺔ) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Rakiatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakiatou? popularity and diffusion
Rakiatou is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Rakiatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rakiatou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rakiatou is also the 68,412th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 8,484 people.
This last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 300,854. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 80 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Rakiatou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 34 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakiattou | 94 | 1 | / |
| Rakiatu | 93 | 18 | / |
| Rokiatou | 88 | 293 | / |
| Rakyatou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Roukiatou | 82 | 451 | / |
| Rachiatou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Rockiatou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Rokiattou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rakaiyatu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rakiata | 80 | 66 | / |
| Rokiatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rokaiyatou | 78 | 4 | / |
| Roukiattou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Rokyatou | 75 | 7 | / |
| Roukaiyatou | 74 | 688 | / |
| Roukeiyatou | 74 | 9 | / |
| Rouqaiyatou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Roukyatou | 71 | 15 | / |
| Rachiotou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rakkiattiyot | 70 | 1 | / |
| Rakkiattiyod | 70 | 1 | / |
| Rokiata | 67 | 22 | / |
| Rakyata | 67 | 7 | / |
| Roukayyatou | 63 | 17 | / |
| Roukiata | 63 | 5 | / |
| Rokeatau | 63 | 1 | / |
Rakiatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rakiatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻗﻴﺔ | rqyt | - |
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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 Rakiatou
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