Rasta Surname
Approximately 6,791 people bear this surname
Rasta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,137 | 1:35,930 | 4,251 |
| Indonesia | 1,564 | 1:84,558 | 8,891 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Russia | 451 | 1:319,563 | 32,317 |
| Pakistan | 436 | 1:409,734 | 7,651 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Algeria | 220 | 1:175,598 | 21,726 |
| Afghanistan | 176 | 1:182,689 | 3,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 165 | 1:49,416 | 6,181 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Kazakhstan | 64 | 1:276,289 | 23,675 |
| Belarus | 50 | 1:190,021 | 24,552 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1:717,487 | 10,371 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
The alternate forms: Rästa (128) are calculated separately.
Rasta (9,319) may also be a first name.
Rasta Demographics
Rasta Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Rasta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rasta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rasta (Arabic: راستا, Bengali: রাস্তা, Hindi: रस्ता, Oriya: ରାା, Russian: Раста) occurs most in Iran. It may occur as: Rästa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rasta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 72,584th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,073,118 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Rasta are found; 41 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rasta is also the 64,247th most common given name at a global level, borne by 9,319 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 2,137 people, or 1 in 35,930. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: South Khorasan Province, where 12 percent are found, Kerman Province, where 12 percent are found and Hormozgan Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Iran it exists in 96 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Ghana, where 8 percent are found.
Rasta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (76%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Rasta surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rasta earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 4.34% less than the national average, earning 331,074 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.39% more than the national average, earning $48,927 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rasta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rasta in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାା | raa | - |
| Rasta in the Bengali language | ||
| রাস্তা | rasta | 83.33 |
| রাষ্ট | rasta | 16.67 |
| Rasta in the Hindi language | ||
| रस्ता | rasta | 47.5 |
| रास्ता | rasta | 47.5 |
| रस्तौ | rastau | 2.5 |
| रसता | rasata | 2.5 |
| Rasta in the Russian language | ||
| Раста | rasta | - |
| Rasta in the Arabic language | ||
| راستا | rasta | - |
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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 Rasta
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