Roukai Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Roukai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 442 | 1:46,989 | 6,160 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Roukai (122) may also be a first name.
Roukai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roukai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roukai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roukai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Roukai is the 669,375th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Roukai are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 844,248th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 122 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 46,989. In Cameroon Roukai is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 56 percent are found, Far North Region, where 36 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Roukai exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent are found and Greece, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Roukai
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