Rakwala Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rakwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa841:644,97347,754
India51:153,413,076951,030

Rakwala (10) may also be a first name.

Rakwala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rakwala occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakwala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rakwala is the 1,980,395th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. Rakwala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Rakwala live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rakwala is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 10 people.

Rakwala is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 644,973. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 58 percent are found, Gauteng, where 36 percent are found and Western Cape, where 5 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found.

Rakwala Last Name Statistics demography

Rakwala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.1% less than the national average, earning R 80,556 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
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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 Rakwala
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