Rikay Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Rikay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Rikay (40) may also be a first name.
Rikay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rikay (Hindi: रिकाय, Tibetan: རི་སྐྱེས།) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rikay is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Rikay live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Rikay is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 40 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Rikay is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 86 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 31 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rikay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rikay in the Hindi language | ||
| रिकाय | rikaya | - |
| Rikay in the Tibetan language | ||
| རི་སྐྱེས། | rikyé | 25 |
| རི་སྐེད། | riké | 12.5 |
| རིག་སྐྱིད། | rikkyi | 12.5 |
| རི་སྐྱེད། | rikyé | 12.5 |
| རིསྐྱེ། | rikyé | 12.5 |
| རི་སྐྱིད། | rikyi | 12.5 |
| རིགས་སྐེས། | rikké | 12.5 |
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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 Rikay
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