Rakkiya Surname
Approximately 769 people bear this surname
Rakkiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 761 | 1:232,776 | 13,588 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
Rakkiya (9,025) may also be a first name.
Rakkiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakkiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rakkiya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rakkiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakkiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 444,080th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakkiya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 65,576th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 9,025 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 761 people, or 1 in 232,776. In Nigeria Rakkiya is most common in: Zamfara, where 61 percent live, Sokoto, where 39 percent live and Gombe, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rakkiya
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