Rakwena Surname

287,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Rakwena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rakwena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2251:44,2275,641
Botswana1051:20,8284,170
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rakwena (245) may also be a first name.

Rakwena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rakwena is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rakwena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 287,894th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,467,026 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakwena reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Rakwena is also the 570,604th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 245 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,225 people, or 1 in 44,227. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 36 percent reside, Limpopo, where 33 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Rakwena Last Name Statistics demography

Rakwena earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.29% less than the national average, earning R 153,780 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rankwena932/
Rakuena8622/
Ragwena8621/
Rakwana862/
Rakwene861/
Rakwinai80202/
Rakwanna8014/
Rangwena802/
Raquena7121/
Ragwana714/
Rokwana712/
Ragouena675/
Raguenay672/
Raguenau671/
Reaquena671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rakwena
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