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 surname Rekiya (Bengali: রেকিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﺔ, Hindi: रेकइया, Marathi: रेकीया) is most common in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rekiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rekiya is the 246,165th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,509,620 people. The last name Rekiya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rekiya reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Rekiya is also the 41,642nd most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 17,511 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Outside of Ethiopia Rekiya exists in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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