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
Rikay (Hindi: रिकाय, Tibetan: རི་སྐྱེས།) is most common in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rikay is the 4,908,606th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Rikay reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name on earth, held by 40 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 86 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent live. Apart from India Rikay exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 31 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rikay
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