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
The last name Rekiya (Bengali: রেকিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﺔ, Hindi: रेकइया, Marathi: रेकीया) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rekiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rekiya is the 246,165th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,509,620 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rekiya are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 41,642nd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 17,511 people.
It is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Apart from Ethiopia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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