Rakowa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Rakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Rakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rakowa is most common in Botswana. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rakowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rakowa is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Rakowa are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Rakowa is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Outside of Botswana this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Rakowa
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