Rakoena Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rakoena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakoena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3451:157,03717,712
Lesotho1201:16,9383,631
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Rakoena (98) may also be a first name.

Rakoena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rakoena is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rakoena.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakoena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 649,026th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. Rakoena occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakoena reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 98 people.

Rakoena is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 345 people, or 1 in 157,037. In South Africa Rakoena is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 40 percent live, Free State, where 26 percent live and Limpopo, where 21 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 26 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Rakoena Last Name Statistics demography

Rakoena earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.28% less than the national average, earning R 132,408 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 Rakoena
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