Rikem Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Rikem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raikem | 91 | 20 | / |
| Rickem | 91 | 7 | / |
| Riekem | 91 | 3 | / |
| Rikheim | 83 | 90 | / |
| Rickeum | 83 | 0 | / |
| Rickeim | 83 | 0 | / |
| Rekem | 80 | 44 | / |
| Rukem | 80 | 6 | / |
| Rikim | 80 | 4 | / |
| Rykem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Riqem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rickheim | 77 | 126 | / |
| Reiskeim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rekhem | 73 | 95 | / |
| Reckem | 73 | 43 | / |
| Richem | 73 | 17 | / |
| Rikkim | 73 | 14 | / |
| Rizkim | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ruicem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Rukiem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Rekeme | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rikime | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rihkim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ryckem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Reykem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rykeme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Riqueme | 67 | 261 | / |
| Requiem | 67 | 16 | / |
| Roikhim | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hrekhem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rojkeam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rioquem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reichem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruckeim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reikiom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Richeim | 67 | 0 | / |
Rikem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rikem in the Tibetan language | ||
| རི་སྐྱེམ། | rikyem | 50 |
| རིག་སྐེམ། | rikkem | 50 |
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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 Rikem
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