Rikwan Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Rikwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Thailand | 96 | 1:735,816 | 120,839 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
Rikwan (696) may also be a first name.
Rikwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rikwan occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikwan? popularity and diffusion
Rikwan is the 930,678th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name Rikwan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rikwan live; 73 percent live in Southeast Asia and 39 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rikwan is also the 313,309th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 696 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,191,434. In Indonesia Rikwan is most numerous in: East Java, where 68 percent reside, Central Java, where 10 percent reside and West Java, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 34 percent reside and Iraq, where 26 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickwan | 92 | 133 | / |
| Rikhwan | 92 | 8 | / |
| Raikwan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Rikkwan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ritkwang | 86 | 46 | / |
| Rigwan | 83 | 8 | / |
| Riqwan | 83 | 6 | / |
| Rekwan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rikuan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rukwan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rekhwan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Rukkwan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Reakwan | 77 | 14 | / |
| Reukwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rajkwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Riqwain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raingwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruckkwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rukkwhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Regwan | 67 | 409 | / |
| Riguan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Rigban | 67 | 5 | / |
| Riquan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Reqwan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rekuan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ricwam | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rikwan
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