Roukaya Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Roukaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 196 | 1:97,918 | 4,043 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Roukaya (33,588) may also be a first name.
Roukaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roukaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roukaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻗﻴﺔ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roukaya? popularity and diffusion
Roukaya is the 1,052,587th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Roukaya reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Roukaya is also the 25,517th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 33,588 people.
It is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 97,918. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 27 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roukaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roukaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻗﻴﺔ | rqyt | 52.53 |
| ﺭﻗﻴﻪ | rqyh | 44.44 |
| ﺭﻭﻗﻴﺔ | rwqyt | 2.02 |
| ﺭﻭﻗﻴﻪ | rwqyh | 1.01 |
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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 Roukaya
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