Rakibu Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Rakibu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakibu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1051:1,687,07462,154
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Rakibu (379) may also be a first name.

Rakibu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rakibu (Hindi: रकीबु, Marathi: रिकबू) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rakibu.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakibu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,683,218th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Rakibu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Rakibu are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rakibu is also the 445,512th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 379 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Rakibu is most common in: Gombe, where 28 percent reside, Kebbi, where 20 percent reside and Kano, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Rakibu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Rakibu last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rakibou92348/
Rakaibou865/
Rackibou861/
Rakubu83634/
Rokibu8311/
Rakhubu775/
Raqibuy774/
Rakuebu771/
Rakaybou711/
Rachibou711/
Rokubu6722/
Roqibu671/
Rakebusch670/
Rokeebu625/

Rakibu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rakibu in the Marathi language
रिकबूrikabu-
Rakibu in the Hindi language
रकीबुrakibu52.94
रकीबूrakibu41.18
रकिबुrakibu5.88

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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 Rakibu
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