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
The last name Rakolobe has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakolobe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,129,067th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Rakolobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakolobe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Rakolobe is also the 1,060,447th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 82 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 9,725. In Lesotho Rakolobe is primarily found in: Qacha's Nek District, where 50 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 42 percent live and Maseru District, where 4 percent live. Besides Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 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
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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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