Raqiya Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Raqiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 113 | 1:1,580,919 | 16,799 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Raqiya (2,064) may also be a first name.
Raqiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raqiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raqiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﻪ, Hindi: राकिया, Marathi: रफीया) is most common in Pakistan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Raqiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raqiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raqiya is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Raqiya occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Raqiya are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Raqiya is also the 165,948th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 2,064 people.
It is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 1,580,919. In Pakistan Raqiya is most common in: Sindh, where 93 percent are found, Punjab, where 6 percent are found and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan Raqiya exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raqiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raqiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻗﻴﻪ | rqyh | - |
| Raqiya in the Marathi language | ||
| रफीया | raphiya | - |
| Raqiya in the Hindi language | ||
| राकिया | rakiya | 80 |
| रकिया | rakiya | 20 |
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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 Raqiya
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