Raoa Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Raoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Raoâ (1) are calculated separately.
Raoa (24) may also be a first name.
Raoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raoa (Arabic: راويَ, Hindi: राोा, Russian: Раоа) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Raoâ. For other possible spellings of Raoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raoa? popularity and diffusion
Raoa is the 950,707th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Raoa live; 78 percent live in North Africa and 78 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 24 people.
This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Other than Egypt this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raoa in the Hindi language | ||
| राोा | raoa | - |
| Raoa in the Russian language | ||
| Раоа | raoa | - |
| Raoa in the Arabic language | ||
| راويَ | rawya | - |
| راويّ | rawy | - |
| راوي | rawy | - |
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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 Raoa
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