Roukaye Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Roukaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Roukaye (185) may also be a first name.
Roukaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roukaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roukaye is found most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roukaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. Roukaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Roukaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 669,105th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 185 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 241,501. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 98 percent reside and Far North Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Roukaye
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