Rikea Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Rikea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Rikea (10) may also be a first name.
Rikea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rikea (Marathi: रािकया) is more commonly found in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Rikea is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Rikea reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 41,431. In The Solomon Islands Rikea is most common in: Western Province, where 86 percent live, Central Province, where 7 percent live and Malaita Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from The Solomon Islands it exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rikea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rikea in the Marathi language | ||
| रािकया | raikaya | - |
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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 Rikea
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