Ramakau Surname

281,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ramakau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramakau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7671:70,6368,813
Lesotho5711:3,560638
Botswana221:99,40615,343
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250

Ramakau (85) may also be a first name.

Ramakau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramakau is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramakau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 281,955th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,327,153 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ramakau reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ramakau is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 85 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 767 people, or 1 in 70,636. In South Africa Ramakau is most numerous in: Free State, where 43 percent live, Gauteng, where 42 percent live and North West, where 6 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 42 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.

Ramakau Last Name Statistics demography

Ramakau earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.15% less than the national average, earning R 146,976 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 Ramakau
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