Raqiba Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Raqiba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raqiba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Raqiba (1,181) may also be a first name.

Raqiba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raqiba (Hindi: राकिबा, Marathi: राकीबा) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Raqiba.

How Common Is The Last Name Raqiba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Raqiba occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Raqiba are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 230,871st most common first name in the world, held by 1,181 people.

Raqiba is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Raqiba is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 50 percent are found, Delhi, where 33 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 17 percent are found. Besides India it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raqibat92167/
Raqibah92153/
Raqibaz9210/
Raquiba922/
Raqibaaz861/
Rakiba832,212/
Roqiba8316/
Rakhiba77178/
Rekaiba7785/
Rakibah7762/
Rachiba7760/
Roqibah7748/
Raqeeba7732/
Roqibat771/
Raskiba771/
Rakuiba771/
Rakibha771/
Rakibai771/
Rakheiba7110/
Rakhibai714/
Racibhai711/
Rakhaiba711/
Raqueeba711/
Rakuba671,239/
Rokiba67387/
Rakiwa6739/
Racuba6724/
Raciva6719/
Rakiva6717/
Rekiba6717/
Rakeba674/
Raciwa672/

Raqiba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raqiba in the Marathi language
राकीबाrakiba-
Raqiba in the Hindi language
राकिबाrakiba30
रक़ीबाraqiba30
रकिबाrakiba20
रक़ीबाraqiba10
रकीबाrakiba10

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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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  • 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 Raqiba
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