Rakiyat Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Rakiyat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
Rakiyat (4,235) may also be a first name.
Rakiyat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakiyat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakiyat is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakiyat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Rakiyat occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Rakiyat reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 106,528th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 4,235 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 20 percent are found, Niger, where 16 percent are found and Zamfara, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rekiyat | 86 | 31 | / |
| Rakayat | 86 | 17 | / |
| Rakiyad | 86 | 3 | / |
| Raqiyat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Raciyat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Roekiyat | 80 | 84 | / |
| Rokhiyat | 80 | 10 | / |
| Raykayat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rajkayat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rakait | 77 | 59 | / |
| Rakeat | 77 | 17 | / |
| Rakaet | 77 | 15 | / |
| Rakeit | 77 | 14 | / |
| Rakayt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakiet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakuit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rokayat | 71 | 47 | / |
| Rakautz | 71 | 36 | / |
| Rakaiad | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rakayet | 71 | 10 | / |
| Rokyiat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rekiyot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rekayat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Racayat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rakhait | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raykayet | 67 | 94 | / |
| Rokhayat | 67 | 17 | / |
| Rochiyat | 67 | 10 | / |
| Roykayat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roukaiat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rokaiate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rackaite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raukaite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rackeyth | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rakiyat
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