Rikem Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Rikem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rikem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rikem (1,598) may also be a first name.

Rikem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rikem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rikem (Tibetan: རི་སྐྱེམ།) is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rikem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,106,139th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Rikem reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 193,348th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 1,598 people.

The last name Rikem is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 95 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Rikem is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 46 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raikem9120/
Rickem917/
Riekem913/
Rikheim8390/
Rickeum830/
Rickeim830/
Rekem8044/
Rukem806/
Rikim804/
Rykem801/
Riqem801/
Rickheim77126/
Reiskeim771/
Rekhem7395/
Reckem7343/
Richem7317/
Rikkim7314/
Rizkim7310/
Ruicem734/
Rukiem734/
Rekeme732/
Rikime732/
Rihkim731/
Ryckem731/
Reykem731/
Rykeme731/
Riqueme67261/
Requiem6716/
Roikhim678/
Hrekhem674/
Rojkeam674/
Rioquem671/
Reichem671/
Ruckeim671/
Reikiom671/
Richeim670/

Rikem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rikem in the Tibetan language
རི་སྐྱེམ།rikyem50
རིག་སྐེམ།rikkem50

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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 Rikem
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