Rakolobe Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Rakolobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 209 | 1:9,725 | 2,203 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Rakolobe (82) may also be a first name.
Rakolobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakolobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakolobe is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rakolobe.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakolobe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,129,067th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakolobe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 82 people.
It is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 9,725. In Lesotho it is most common in: Qacha's Nek District, where 50 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 42 percent are found and Maseru District, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho Rakolobe occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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