Rekiya Surname
Approximately 1,616 people bear this surname
Rekiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Rekiya (17,511) may also be a first name.
Rekiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rekiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rekiya (Bengali: রেকিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﺔ, Hindi: रेकइया, Marathi: रेकीया) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rekiya? popularity and diffusion
Rekiya is the 246,165th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,509,620 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rekiya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 41,642nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 17,511 people.
The last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Aside from Ethiopia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rekiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rekiya in the Bengali language | ||
| রেকিয়া | rekiya | - |
| Rekiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻗﻴﺔ | rqyt | 66.67 |
| ﺭﻗﻴﻪ | rqyh | 33.33 |
| Rekiya in the Marathi language | ||
| रेकीया | rekiya | 50 |
| रेिकया | reikaya | 25 |
| रेकीय | rekiya | 25 |
| Rekiya in the Hindi language | ||
| रेकइया | reka'iya | 25 |
| राेकइया | raeka'iya | 25 |
| रेकिया | rekiya | 25 |
| रेकईया | reka'iya | 25 |
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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 Rekiya
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