Rakobo Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Rakobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3991:135,78415,735
Botswana1051:20,8284,170
Lesotho281:72,5919,509
England21:27,859,030389,889

Rakobo (60) may also be a first name.

Rakobo Last Name Facts

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

Rakobo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rakobo.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakobo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 585,898th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakobo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rakobo is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 60 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 399 people, or 1 in 135,784. In South Africa Rakobo is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 66 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Rakobo occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 20 percent reside and Lesotho, where 5 percent reside.

Rakobo Last Name Statistics demography

Rakobo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.72% less than the national average, earning R 155,124 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rakhobo9251/
Rakoboa9210/
Rakobuoa86113/
Rakoubou861/
Rakoba8328/
Rakubo835/
Racobo831/
Rakhoba77151/
Rakhubo7772/
Rakgabo7733/
Roskobo777/
Rakgoba775/
Rakovoy774/
Rakoova771/
Rakouba771/
Raikabo771/
Rajkoova711/
Racoubou711/
Raykovoy711/
Rocabo671,745/
Rakuba671,239/
Recabo67860/
Rokubo67175/
Recobo67170/
Rokoba6718/
Rakaba6716/
Rekoba675/
Rakeba674/
Rekabo673/
Racabo672/
Rocobo672/
Rekebo671/
Racoba671/
Raqoba671/
Rakkaboot671/

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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 Rakobo
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