Rakiru Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Rakiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rakiru (10) may also be a first name.
Rakiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakiru is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rakiru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakiru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rakiru is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Rakiru are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Rakiru is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Rakiru
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