Roukay Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Roukay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Roukay (286) may also be a first name.
Roukay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roukay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roukay is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roukay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Roukay live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Chadic Africa. Roukay is also the 523,065th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 286 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 89 percent live and Far North Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 9 percent live and Morocco, where 9 percent live.
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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 Roukay
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