Rukaya Surname
Approximately 5,887 people bear this surname
Rukaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,217 | 1:12,188 | 1,617 |
| Bangladesh | 1,802 | 1:88,433 | 3,976 |
| Nigeria | 1,042 | 1:170,003 | 10,538 |
| Indonesia | 474 | 1:279,007 | 25,138 |
| Tanzania | 184 | 1:287,726 | 22,395 |
| Pakistan | 64 | 1:2,791,311 | 23,365 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Rukaya (52,512) may also be a first name.
Rukaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rukaya (Hindi: रूकया, Marathi: रुकया, Oriya: ରୁକୟା, Russian: Рукая) is found most in Ghana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,341st most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,237,905 people. The surname Rukaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Rukaya reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rukaya is also the 17,742nd most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 52,512 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,217 people, or 1 in 12,188. Beside Ghana it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rukaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rukaya in the Hindi language | ||
| रूकया | rukaya | 81.12 |
| रुकया | rukaya | 6.74 |
| रूकैया | rukaiya | 2.47 |
| रूकाया | rukaya | 2.25 |
| रूक़या | ruqaya | 1.8 |
| रूकय्या | rukayya | 1.57 |
| रूकैय्या | rukaiyya | 1.12 |
| रुक़या | ruqaya | 0.67 |
| रुकय्या | rukayya | 0.45 |
| रुकैया | rukaiya | 0.45 |
| रुकाया | rukaya | 0.45 |
| रूकयाॅ | rukayae | 0.22 |
| रूकईया | ruka'iya | 0.22 |
| रूकयॉ | rukayo | 0.22 |
| Rukaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୁକୟା | rukaya | 66.67 |
| ରୁକାୟା | rukaya | 26.67 |
| ରକାୟା | rakaya | 6.67 |
| Rukaya in the Marathi language | ||
| रुकया | rukaya | 30.69 |
| रुकाया | rukaya | 20.79 |
| रुक | ruka | 13.86 |
| रुकैया | rukaiya | 7.92 |
| रूकया | rukaya | 3.96 |
| रूकाया | rukaya | 3.96 |
| कया | kaya | 2.97 |
| रूकैया | rukaiya | 1.98 |
| रुखाया | rukhaya | 0.99 |
| रूकयां | rukayam | 0.99 |
| रकया | rakaya | 0.99 |
| रुखया | rukhaya | 0.99 |
| रोकैया | rokaiya | 0.99 |
| रुकसा | rukasa | 0.99 |
| रुिकया | ruikaya | 0.99 |
| रुकयया | rukayaya | 0.99 |
| रुाया | ruaya | 0.99 |
| Rukaya in the Russian language | ||
| Рукая | rukaa | - |
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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 Rukaya
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