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 last name Rkab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺭﻛﺎﺏ, Russian: Ркаб) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Rkab click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rkab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 864,701st most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rkab live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Other than Morocco this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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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