Rakobela Surname

444,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rakobela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakobela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7691:70,4528,786

Rakobela (19) may also be a first name.

Rakobela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rakobela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rakobela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakobela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 444,080th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,476,653 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakobela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.

The surname Rakobela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 769 people, or 1 in 70,452. In South Africa Rakobela is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and North West, where 6 percent live.

Rakobela Last Name Statistics demography

Rakobela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.95% less than the national average, earning R 164,088 per year.

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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 Rakobela
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