Rapando Surname

191,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Rapando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rapando Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,1991:21,0002,418
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Rapando (366) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Rapando Demographics

Rapando Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 44 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Rapando Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rapando occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapando? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rapando is the 191,204th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,305,009 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rapando live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Rapando is also the 454,857th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 366 people.

The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 2,199 people, or 1 in 21,000. In Kenya Rapando is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent reside, Busia County, where 19 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 8 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Rapando Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Rapando last name is chiefly Christian (98%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rappando931/
Rapanda864/
Repondo7128/
Ropanda7123/
Raponda715/
Repanda714/
Ropondo711/
Roypanda676/
Reypondo671/
Reponda573/

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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 Rapando
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