Rkab Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Rkab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Rkab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rkab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rkab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺭﻛﺎﺏ, Russian: Ркаб) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rkab? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rkab is the 864,701st most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name Rkab is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Rkab live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name Rkab is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Other than Morocco it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Syria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rkab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rkab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺭﻛﺎﺏ | arkab | - |
| Rkab in the Russian language | ||
| Ркаб | rkab | - |
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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 Rkab
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