Rakwan Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Rakwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 149 | 1:474,083 | 83,094 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Rakwan (316) may also be a first name.
Rakwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rakwan occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. Rakwan is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rakwan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 494,051st most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 316 people.
Rakwan is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 474,083. In Thailand Rakwan is most frequent in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 48 percent live, Surat Thani Province, where 45 percent live and Bangkok, where 4 percent live. Not including Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakwhan | 92 | 66 | / |
| Reakwan | 92 | 14 | / |
| Rakhwan | 92 | 11 | / |
| Rakkwan | 92 | 7 | / |
| Rakwang | 92 | 2 | / |
| Raikwan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ragkwan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rajkwan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rakkhwan | 86 | 269 | / |
| Rakwatin | 86 | 4 | / |
| Rakgwane | 86 | 3 | / |
| Rakhwane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rakkwhan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ragwan | 83 | 53 | / |
| Rakuan | 83 | 15 | / |
| Raqwan | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rekwan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rakwon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rakuang | 77 | 239 | / |
| Raghwan | 77 | 222 | / |
| Rodkwan | 77 | 33 | / |
| Roekwan | 77 | 31 | / |
| Ronkwan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Raekwon | 77 | 6 | / |
| Rakuane | 77 | 5 | / |
| Rotkwan | 77 | 4 | / |
| Reukwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakwonk | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ragwane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Racwang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakwein | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ruokwan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Raghwane | 71 | 7 | / |
| Raingwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reangwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raungwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Regwan | 67 | 409 | / |
| Raguan | 67 | 191 | / |
| Ragvan | 67 | 71 | / |
| Raquan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Reqwan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Reaungwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rekuan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ragwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ragban | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rakwan
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