Rikaya Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Rikaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rikaya (472) may also be a first name.
Rikaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rikaya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rikaya is the 2,152,526th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Rikaya are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rikaya is also the 391,811th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 472 people.
The last name Rikaya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Rikaya is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 65 percent live, Adamawa, where 25 percent live and Kaduna, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Rikaya is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rikaya
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