Rekawa Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Rekawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Rekawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rekawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rekawa has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rekawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 672,867th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rekawa are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
Rekawa is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Beside Sri Lanka this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rekawat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Reckaway | 86 | 86 | / |
| Rekhawat | 86 | 10 | / |
| Rekhawai | 86 | 4 | / |
| Rakawa | 83 | 62 | / |
| Rekewa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rikawa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rekava | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rekawi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rokawa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ryokawa | 77 | 4,065 | / |
| Rekaeva | 77 | 139 | / |
| Rekaiba | 77 | 85 | / |
| Raikawa | 77 | 39 | / |
| Rekabay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rekavat | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rakawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raekava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Reckawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rakhawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rajkhawa | 71 | 269 | / |
| Rickaway | 71 | 129 | / |
| Rockaway | 71 | 126 | / |
| Rackaway | 71 | 12 | / |
| Raikawad | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rekhawer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rekawich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raykawad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ragkhawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reckeway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Rekaby | 67 | 1,451 | / |
| Rakava | 67 | 478 | / |
| Rekova | 67 | 434 | / |
| Recava | 67 | 254 | / |
| Raqowa | 67 | 89 | / |
| Rokowa | 67 | 85 | / |
| Rakowa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Rikawi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rakewa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Recowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rokewa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rikowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Recaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rikewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rykava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rekeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rekavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rajkhawoa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rekawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis